Stolen Assignment
{{Short description|1955 British film by Terence Fisher}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Stolen Assignment
| image = Stolen_Assignment_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1955).png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Terence Fisher
| producer = Francis Searle
| writer = Kenneth Hayles
| starring = John Bentley
| music =
| cinematography = Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey)
| editing = John Pomeroy
| studio = Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
| distributor = British Lion Film Corporation {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|1955|08||UK}}
| runtime = 62 min.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British comedy '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=109}} film directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley and Hy Hazell.{{Cite web |title=Stolen Assignment |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150050326 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was produced by Francis Searle for Act Films LtdAction! 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) and was a sequel to Fisher's Final Appointment (1954), featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew.{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Final-Appointment_1954/ |title=Final Appointment 1954 {{!}} Britmovie {{!}} Home of British Films |website=www.britmovie.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825233531/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Final-Appointment_1954 |archive-date=2012-08-25}}
Cast
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- John Bentley as Mike Billings
- Hy Hazell as Jenny Drew
- Eddie Byrne as Inspector Corcoran
- Patrick Holt as Henry Crossley
- Joyce Carey as Ida Garnett
- Kay Callard as Stella Watson
- Violet Gould as Mrs. Hudson
- Jessica Cairns as Marilyn Dawn
- Charles Farrell as Percy Simpson
- Michael Ellison as Danny Hudson
- Desmond Rayner as John Smith
- Graham Stuart as coroner
- Frank Forsyth as Dr Roberts
- Clement Hamelin as Seth Makepeace
- John Watson as plain clothes detective
- Raymond Rollett as desk sergeant
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Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Comedy thriller with a fragile plot and a rather heavy-handed line in humour. To their credit, the players do what they can with the undemanding material to hand."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1955 |title=Stolen Assignment |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305818139 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=22 |issue=252 |pages=156 |id={{ProQuest|1305818139}} |via=ProQuest}}
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Comedy-thriller would have done better to stick to the thrills; pretty bad."{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd. |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=379}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0197916}}
{{Terence Fisher}}
Category:Films directed by Terence Fisher
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:British black-and-white films
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