Innocent Meeting

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Innocent Meeting
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Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Written by Brian Clemens
Produced by
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Innocent Meeting is a 1958 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Sean Lynch, Beth Rogan and Raymond Huntley. [1] [2] It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.

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Plot

A teenager on probation for theft bonds with the daughter of middle-class parents after meeting her in a record shop. centres on the boy’s conflicted reaction when he is suspected of another robbery.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This routine crime tale combines a certain amount of realism (mainly in settings rather than characterisation) with a larger amount of unlikely motivation. The boy does not convince: he is stated to be of above average intelligence, yet seems habitually to act with crass stupidity. Despite three credits for the music score, the main role is taken by Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, which is vaguely connected with the story." [2]

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References

  1. "Innocent Meeting". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 BFI.org