Strangers' Meeting

Strangers' Meeting
Original British quad poster
Directed byRobert Day
Written byDavid Gordon
Based onnovel by Richard Savage
StarringPeter Arne
Delphi Lawrence
Conrad Phillips
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byPeter Mayhew
Music byAlbert Elms
Production
company
Jack Parsons Productions (as Parroch)
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • October 1957 (1957-10)
Running time
64 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Strangers' Meeting is a 1957 crime drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Peter Arne and Delphi Lawrence.[1][2][3]

Plot

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.

Cast

Critical reception

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]

References

  1. ^ "Strangers' Meeting". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Strangers' Meeting (1957) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ Hal Erickson. "Stranger's Meeting (1957) - Robert Day - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "Strangers' Meeting". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 24 (276): 153. 1 January 1957 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 381. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.


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