Appointment in London poster

Appointment in London( 1953)

TV-MAWarDrama
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Overview

Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dirk Bogarde

      Tim Mason

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      Ian Hunter

      Logan

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      Dinah Sheridan

      Eve Canyon

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      Bryan Forbes

      The Brat

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      Walter Fitzgerald

      Mulvaney

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      Bill Kerr

      Bill Brown

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      William Sylvester

      Mac

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      Anne Leon

      Pam Greeno

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      Charles Victor

      Dobbie

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      Richard Wattis

      Pascal

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      Carl Jaffe

      German General

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      Sam Kydd

      Ackroyd

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      Terence Longdon

      Dr. Buchanan

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      Michael Ripper

      Bomb Aimer

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      Campbell Singer

      Flight Sergeant

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      Harold Siddons

      Saunders

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      Anthony Shaw

      Smithy

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      Anthony Forwood

      Navigation Officer

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    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Sun Mar 01 2015
    Bally Good Show. It has something of an inauspicious title, in that it doesn't do justice to the film making craft and subject matter on offer here in Phillip Leacock's film. Leacock and his lead man, the splendidly regal Dirk Bogarde, produce a war film of undoubted human depth. There's no sledge hammer tactics to try and curry favour with the critics and film goers alike, no clichés bogging the narrative down, this is an honest to goodness telling of the emotional trials, strains, fears and peeves of a Bomber Command Squadron in England preparing for a mission during WWII 1943. Even th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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