Stolen Assignment

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Stolen Assignment
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Kenneth Hayles
Produced by Francis Searle
Starring John Bentley
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey)
Edited byJohn Pomeroy
Production
company
Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
Distributed by British Lion Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • August 1955 (1955-08)(UK)
Running time
62 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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. " [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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References

  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 109. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "Stolen Assignment". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. 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)
  4. "Final Appointment 1954 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". www.britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
  5. "Stolen Assignment". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 22 (252): 156. 1 January 1955. ProQuest   1305818139 via ProQuest.
  6. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 379. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.