Stolen Assignment | |
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Directed by | Terence Fisher |
Written by | Kenneth Hayles |
Produced by | Francis Searle |
Starring | John Bentley |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey) |
Edited by | John Pomeroy |
Production company | Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.) |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British comedy 'B' [1] film directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley and Hy Hazell. [2] It was produced by Francis Searle for Act Films Ltd [3] and was a sequel to Fisher's Final Appointment (1954) , featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew. [4]
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. " [5]
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." [6]
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