Blind Date (1959 film)

Blind Date

A film poster bearing the U.S. title: Chance Meeting
Directed by Joseph Losey
Produced by David Deutsch
Luggi Waldleitner
Written by Leigh Howard (novel)
Ben Barzman
Millard Lampell
Starring Hardy Krüger
Stanley Baker
Micheline Presle
Music by Richard Rodney Bennett
Cinematography Christopher Challis
Edited by Reginald Mills
Production
company
Distributed by Rank
Release dates
  • August 1959 (1959-08)
Running time
90-96 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £138,000[1]

Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 British murder mystery film. A police inspector investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect. Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.

The film was one of Stanley Baker's favourites.[2]

Plot

Jan Van Rooyer, a painter, has been art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, an older woman who becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship to Morgan, a police detective.

Cast

Production

The budget consisted of £40,000 put up by the German producer and ££98,000 provided by SBA.[1]

Reception

Sydney Box sold the movie to Paramount in the US for twice what it cost, putting it in profit.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 171-172
  2. Howard Thompson, 'STANLEY BAKER: PERIPATETIC ACTOR-PRODUCER: GENESIS PROVINCIAL DEBUT', New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 1 September 1963: X5.

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