Final Appointment

{{Short description|1954 British film by Terence Fisher}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Final Appointment

| image = Final_Appointment_film_Lobby_card_(1954).png

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Terence Fisher

| producer = Francis Searle

| writer = Kenneth Hayles

| based_on = the BBC radio play Death Keeps a Date by Sidney Nelson
& Maurice Harrison{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGsWjydi7_oC&q=death+keeps+a+date+by+maurice+harrison&pg=PA178|title=Terence Fisher|first=Peter|last=Hutchings|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719056376|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2eb5af14dbe24ad599e5112af5b585be|title=Hubert Gregg and Andrew Cruickshank in ' DEATH KEEPS A DATE' - BBC Home Service Basic - 25 February 1954 - BBC Genome|date=25 February 1954 }}

| narrator =

| starring = John Bentley
Eleanor Summerfield
Hubert Gregg

| music =

| cinematography = Jonah Jones

| editing = John Ferris

| studio = ACT Films

| distributor = Monarch Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1954|10|11}}

| runtime = 65 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Final Appointment (U.S. title: The Last Appointment {{cite web |title=Reel Streets |url=http://www.reelstreets.com/index.php/component/films/?task=view&id=1305&film_ref=final_appointment}}) is a 1954 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=106}} comedy thriller film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield and Hubert Gregg.{{Cite web |title=Final Appointment |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038533 |access-date=18 June 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/final-appointment-v91423/cast-crew|title=Final Appointment (1954) - Terence Fisher - Cast and Crew - AllMovie}} It also features Arthur Lowe, later to become famous for his portrayal of Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, in an early role.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33217|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114091232/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33217|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-14|title=Final Appointment (1954)}} The film was produced by Francis Searle for ACTFilms.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) A sequel, Stolen Assignment, also featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew, was released the following year.{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Final-Appointment_1954/|title=Britmovie - Home of British Films|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130341/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Final-Appointment_1954/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}