Women without Men (Original title)Blonde Bait (Alternative title)Appointment at Midnight (Alternative title)
Date: 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Elmo Williams
Synopsis: Story of a prison break made by three women who for various reasons are seeking temporary freedom. Their mission accomplished, they give themselves up to authorities, their future happiness assured.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Prison escapes, Women
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6572 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1956Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7148 15 Jun 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n271 August 1956 Page: 108
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n271 August 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7544 15 Jun 1956 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7544 15 Jun 1956: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2549 21 Jun 1956 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2549 21 Jun 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6700 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-9263
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 950 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-504932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6900 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-9264
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI
Date: 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Elmo Williams
Synopsis: Story of a prison break made by three women who for various reasons are seeking temporary freedom. Their mission accomplished, they give themselves up to authorities, their future happiness assured.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Prison escapes, Women
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6572 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1956Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White
Credits
(20)
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, Production Company: Exclusive Films, Producer: Anthony Hinds, Production Manager: Jimmy Sangster, Assistant Director: Bill Shore, [Screenplay]: Val Guest, Richard Landau, Story: Richard Landau, Director of Photography: Walter Harvey, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Editor: James Needs, [Art Director]: John Elphick, Wardrobe: Molly Arbuthnot, Make-up: Phil Leakey, Hairstyles: Monica Hustler, Music: Leonard Salzedo, Music Director: John Hollingsworth, Sound: Bill Sweeney, Studio: Bray Film Studios
Cast
(49)
Beverley Michaels (Angie Booth), Joan Rice (Cleo), Thora Hird (Granny), Avril Angers (Bessie), Paul Carpenter (Nick), Hermione Baddeley (Grace), Bill Shine (reveller), Gordon Jackson (Percy), Valerie White (governor), Eugene Deckers (Pierre), April Olrich (Marguerite), Ralph Michael (Julian), Betty Cooper (Evans), Sheila Burrell (Babs), Michael Golden (bargee), John Welsh (chaplain), Maurice Kaufmann (Daniels), David Lodge (Patrick), Muriel Young ([Helen]), Doris Gilmore ([Loveland]), Fanny Carby ([Brooker]), Yvonne Manners ([Mason]), Peter Welch ([priest]), Oscar Nation ([Mr Rizzione]), Katherine Feliaz ([Mrs Rizzione]), Anthony Miles ([civilian]), Mark Kingston ([operator]), Verne Morgan ([barrowman]), Charles Saynor ([man at doorway]), Toots Pounds ([1st scrubber]), Babs Love ([2nd scrubber]), Vi Stevens ([3rd scrubber]), Rosalie Westwater ([1st caroller]), Joan Harrison ([2nd caroller]), Pat Edwards ([3rd caroller]), Edna Lander ([4th caroller]), Stratford Johns ([1st reveller]), Sidney Brahms ([2nd reveller]), Douglas Argent ([3rd reveller]), Irene Richmond ([guard]), George Roderick ([1st policeman]), Thomas Glen ([2nd policeman]), John Rudduck ([3rd policeman]), John Phillips ([male guard at gate]), Pauline Winter ([Laverne]), Maggie Flint ([Hennessey]), Valerie Frazer ([1st inmate]), Mona Lillian ([2nd inmate]), Anne Loxley ([3rd inmate])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Daily Film Renter n7148 15 Jun 1956 Page: 4Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7148 15 Jun 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n271 August 1956 Page: 108
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n271 August 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7544 15 Jun 1956 Page: 7
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7544 15 Jun 1956: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2549 21 Jun 1956 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2549 21 Jun 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6700 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-9263
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 950 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-504932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 6900 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-9264
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI