Final Appointment

Final Appointment
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Directed byTerence Fisher
Written byKenneth Hayles
Based onthe BBC radio play Death Keeps a Date by Sidney Nelson
& Maurice Harrison[1][2]
Produced byFrancis Searle
StarringJohn Bentley
Eleanor Summerfield
Hubert Gregg
CinematographyJonah Jones
Edited byJohn Ferris
Production
company
Distributed byMonarch Film Corporation
Release date
  • 11 October 1954 (1954-10-11)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Final Appointment (U.S. title: The Last Appointment [3]) is a 1954 British second feature ('B')[4] comedy thriller film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield and Hubert Gregg.[5][6] It also features Arthur Lowe, later to become famous for his portrayal of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, in an early role.[7] The film was produced by Francis Searle for ACTFilms.[8] A sequel, Stolen Assignment, also featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew, was released the following year.[9]

  1. ^ Hutchings, Peter (1 January 2001). Terence Fisher. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719056376 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Hubert Gregg and Andrew Cruickshank in ' DEATH KEEPS A DATE' - BBC Home Service Basic - 25 February 1954 - BBC Genome". 25 February 1954.
  3. ^ "Reel Streets".
  4. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  5. ^ "Final Appointment". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Final Appointment (1954) - Terence Fisher - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
  7. ^ "Final Appointment (1954)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  8. ^ Action! Fifty Years in the Life of a Union. Published: 1983 (UK). Publisher: ACTT. ISBN 0 9508993 0 5. ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Francis Searle)
  9. ^ "Britmovie - Home of British Films". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.