Appointment with Venus | |
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Directed by | Ralph Thomas |
Written by | Nicholas Phipps |
Based on | Appointment with Venus by Jerrard Tickell |
Produced by | Betty Box Peter Rogers (associate) |
Starring | David Niven Glynis Johns George Coulouris Barry Jones Kenneth More |
Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
Edited by | Gerald Thomas |
Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
Production company | British Film Makers Ltd |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £144,000[1] |
Appointment with Venus is a 1951 British war drama film, a film adaptation of the 1951 Jerrard Tickell novel of the same name. It was directed by Ralph Thomas, produced by Betty E. Box and its screenplay was written by the novelist Nicholas Phipps. The film was based on the evacuation of Alderney cattle from the Channel Island during World War II.[2]
In the United States the film was re-titled Island Rescue.