Appointment in London

1953

1h 36m

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6.2/10

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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.

Directors

Philip Leacock

Writers

Robert Westerby(screenplay by)

John Wooldridge(screenplay by)

John Wooldridge(story by)

Stars

Dirk Bogarde

Ian Hunter

Dinah Sheridan

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Tim Mason

Logan

Eve Canyon

The Brat

Mulvaney

Bill Brown

Mac

Pam Greeno

Dobbie

Pascal

German General

Ackroyd

Dr. Buchanan

Bomb Aimer

Flight Sergeant

Saunders

Smithy

Navigation Officer

Directors

Philip Leacock

Writers

Robert Westerby(screenplay by)

John Wooldridge(screenplay by)

John Wooldridge(story by)

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7.5/10

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 the inevitable romantic threads are handled with skill by the makers, never cloying and adding impact as the heroes get ready for the big bully off. Some of the action sequences show their age, but that's fine in the context of old time cinema, while the likes of Twelve O'Clock High (which came four years before this was released) set the bar too high for Leacock's film to be unfairly compared with. Yet this earns its stripes, very much so, because as those wonderful Avro Lancaster's take to the skies and thunder though the clouds, you realise you care about every single one of those involved in the mission, both in the air and on the ground. 7.5/10

John Chard01 Mar, 2015