Strangers' Meeting | |
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Directed by | Robert Day |
Written by | David Gordon |
Based on | novel by Richard Savage |
Starring | Peter Arne Delphi Lawrence Conrad Phillips |
Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
Edited by | Peter Mayhew |
Music by | Albert Elms |
Production company | Jack Parsons Productions (as Parroch) |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | October 1957 |
Running time | 64 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Strangers' Meeting is a 1957 crime drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Peter Arne and Delphi Lawrence. [1] [2] [3]
Trapeze artist Harry is wrongly convicted of murder after his partner falls to her death. He escapes from jail and hides out in a country pub, on a mission to uncover the identity of the real killer.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "It is sad to find this muddled melodrama of no real interest or merit, attributed to Robert Day, whose first film The Green Man [1956] promised such a lively future." [4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Totally unconvincing; quite a hiccup in thecareers of all concerned." [5]
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