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Chance Meeting

Original title: Blind Date
  • 1959
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.1K
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Hardy Krüger and Micheline Presle in Chance Meeting (1959)
CrimeDramaMystery

In 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect.In 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect.In 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect.

  • Director
    • Joseph Losey
  • Writers
    • Ben Barzman
    • Millard Lampell
    • Leigh Howard
  • Stars
    • Hardy Krüger
    • Stanley Baker
    • Micheline Presle
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Ben Barzman
      • Millard Lampell
      • Leigh Howard
    • Stars
      • Hardy Krüger
      • Stanley Baker
      • Micheline Presle
    • 31User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination total

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    Top Cast15

    Hardy Krüger
    Hardy Krüger
    • Jan Van Rooyen
    • (as Hardy Kruger)
    Stanley Baker
    Stanley Baker
    • Inspector David Evan Morgan
    Micheline Presle
    Micheline Presle
    • Lady Fenton
    John Van Eyssen
    • Inspector Westover
    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    • Sergeant
    Robert Flemyng
    Robert Flemyng
    • Sir Brian Lewis
    Jack MacGowran
    Jack MacGowran
    • Postman
    Redmond Phillips
    Redmond Phillips
    • Police Doctor
    George Roubicek
    George Roubicek
    • Police Constable
    Lee Montague
    Lee Montague
    • Sgt. Farrow
    Edward Cast
    • Police Officer at Airport
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Crewdson
    Robert Crewdson
    • Police Sergeant
    • (uncredited)
    Shirley Davien
    • Girl on Bus
    • (uncredited)
    Christina Lubicz
    • The Real Jacqueline Cousteau
    • (uncredited)
    David Markham
    David Markham
    • Sir Howard Fenton
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Ben Barzman
      • Millard Lampell
      • Leigh Howard
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Mystery

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Joseph Losey had wanted Peter O'Toole to play the detective, but the producers were looking for a better-known actor, and they cast Stanley Baker. This would begin a four-picture collaboration between Losey and Baker, the square-jawed Welsh actor having ultimately impressed the director in the role.
    • Goofs
      Morgan grills Van Rooyen in the flat in a bizarre and unprofessional manner that would be supremely unlikely even in the late-1950s Metropolitan Police: prolonged but ad hoc interview at the crime scene itself; displaying the body to the prime suspect; giving unnecessary pertinent information to the prime suspect.
    • Quotes
      • Lady Fenton: Have you been in London long?
      • Jan Van Rooyen: Six months
      • Lady Fenton: Do you like it?
      • Jan Van Rooyen: [he shrugs]
      • Lady Fenton: Well I suppose the city is like a mirror; when you look at it you see yourself. If you are happy it's beautiful. If you're lonely... its not so beautiful.
    • Connections
      Featured in Talkies: Remembering Stanley Baker: Talking Pictures with Glyn Baker (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm A Lonely Man
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard Rodney Bennett

      Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

      Sung by Hardy Krüger

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    Details

    • Release date
      • March 30, 1960 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Streaming on "Cinemamix" YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "Deadly Cin" YouTube Channel
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die tödliche Falle
    • Filming locations
      • Beaconsfield Film Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(studio: Beaconsfield Studios, London, England)
    • Production companies
      • Sydney Box Associates
      • Independent Artists
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • £138,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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