Blind Date (1959 film)
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A film poster bearing the U.S. title: Chance Meeting
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Produced by |
David Deutsch Luggi Waldleitner |
| Written by |
Leigh Howard (novel) Ben Barzman Millard Lampell |
| Starring |
Hardy Krüger Stanley Baker Micheline Presle |
| Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
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| Distributed by | Rank |
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90-96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £138,000 |
Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 British murder mystery film. A police inspector investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect. Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.
The film was one of Stanley Baker's favourites.
Jan Van Rooyer, a painter, has been art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, an older woman who becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship to Morgan, a police detective.
The budget consisted of £40,000 put up by the German producer and ££98,000 provided by SBA.
Sydney Box sold the movie to Paramount in the US for twice what it cost, putting it in profit.
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