Summary
Appointment with Venus is a British war film first released in 1951,
directed by Ralph Thomas.
The film stars David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Barry Jones and Kenneth More.
It has also been released under the title: Island Rescue.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Ralph Thomas
- Script: Nicholas Phipps, Jerrard Tickell
- Photo: Ernest Steward
- Music: Benjamin Frankel
- Cast: David Niven (Maj. Valentine Moreland), Glynis Johns (Nocola Fallaize), George Coulouris (Capt. Weiss), Barry Jones (Provost), Kenneth More (Lionel Fallaize), Noel Purcell (Trawler Langley), Bernard Lee (Brigadier), Jeremy Spenser (Georges), Patric Doonan (Sgt. Forbes), Martin Boddey (Sgt. Vogel), John Horsley (Naval Officer Kent), George Benson (Senior clerk), Richard Wattis (Carruthers (higher executive)), David Horne (Magistrate), Geoffrey Sumner (Major, Vet. Corps), Raymond Young (Cmdr. Wilson), Richard Marner (German corporal #2), Herbert C. Walton (Newsboy), Malcolm Farquhar (Staff captain), Charles Collum (General #1), Stanley Rose (Workman), John Stratton (RAF officer #1), Peter Martyn (RAF officer #2), Neil Wilson (Man #1), Geoffrey Denton (Man #2), Michael Ward (Senior clerk’s assistant), Pat Nye (ATS auxiliary), Marianne Stone (ATS auxiliary), Betty Cooper (Secretary to brigadier), Noel Johnson (Clark, RN), Jeanne Pali (Granny Lummette), Oscar Nation (Waiter), Helen Goss (Provost’s wife), Philip Stainton (Constable), Michael Evans (Officer #2, Com-Ops), Derek Blomfield (Officer #1, Admiralty), Peter Butterworth (Naval rating #1), Harold Goodwin (Naval rating #2), Basil Dignam (RAMC captain), Olwen Brookes (FANY), Charles Lamb (Jean (cowman)), Michael Rittermann (German adjutant), Henrik Jacobsen (German corporal #1), Anton Diffring (German soldier #1), Nicholas Phipps (Minister), Theodore Bikel (Man at newspaper vendor), Fritz Krenn (German commanding officer), Terence Longdon, Frank Phillips (Radio Announcer)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 90 min; B&W
- Aka: Island Rescue
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