| Appointment in London | |
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.jpg) Original cinema poster | |
| Directed by | Philip Leacock |
| Screenplay by | John Wooldridge Robert Westerby |
| Story by | John Wooldridge |
| Produced by | Aubrey Baring Maxwell Setton |
| Starring | Dirk Bogarde Ian Hunter Dinah Sheridan |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | V. Sagovsky |
| Music by | John Wooldridge |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £125,689[1] |
Appointment in London (known as Raiders in the Sky in the U.S.) is a 1953 British war film set during the Second World War and starring Dirk Bogarde.[2] The film was directed by Philip Leacock and based on a story by John Wooldridge, who as an RAF bomber pilot flew 108 operational sorties over Europe.[3] Wooldridge, who after the war established himself as a successful film composer before his untimely death in a car accident, also wrote the film score and participated in writing the screenplay for Appointment in London.
Appointment in London is set in an RAF Bomber Command squadron during 1943 and tells of a wing commander's attempt to finish his third and final tour of 30 operations. A sub-plot involves his relationship with a widowed Wren in whom an American observer attached to his airfield is also interested.
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 358
- ^ "Appointment in London". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Coldstream 2005, p. 181.