Blind Date (1959 film)

Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 British murder mystery film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker, and Micheline Presle. The plot is about a police inspector who investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect.[2] Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.[3]

Blind Date
A film poster bearing the U.S. title: Chance Meeting
Directed byJoseph Losey
Produced byDavid Deutsch
Luggi Waldleitner
Written byLeigh Howard (novel)
Ben Barzman
Millard Lampell
StarringHardy Krüger
Stanley Baker
Micheline Presle
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byReginald Mills
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • August 1959 (1959-08)
(UK)
Running time
90-96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£138,000[1]

The film was one of star Stanley Baker's favourites.[4]

Plot

Jan Van Rooyer, a young painter working in an art gallery, has been an art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, a wealthy woman who eventually becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship to Detective Inspector Morgan. The investigation finds little evidence of his innocence until the dead lover reappears to set the case into motion once again.

Cast

Production

The budget consisted of £40,000 put up by the German producer and £98,000 provided by SBA.[1]

Reception

Sydney Box sold the film to Paramount in the US for twice what it cost, putting it in profit.[1]

The New York Times found the film "absorbing", noting that "Joseph Losey proves himself a strikingly adept technician with an alert and caustic personal style."[5]

References
  1. Spicer, Andrew (5 September 2006). Sydney Box. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719059995 – via Google Books.
  2. "Blind Date (1959)". BFI.
  3. "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  4. Howard Thompson (1 September 1963). "STANLEY BAKER: PERIPATETIC ACTOR-PRODUCER: GENESIS PROVINCIAL DEBUT". New York Times. p. X5.
  5. Archer, Eugene (27 October 1960). "Chance Meeting" – via NYTimes.com.


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