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Stolen Assignment
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTerence Fisher
Written byKenneth Hayles
Produced byFrancis Searle
StarringJohn Bentley
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey)
Edited byJohn Pomeroy
Production
company
Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • August 1955 (1955-08) (UK)
Running time
62 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British comedy 'B'[1] film directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley and Hy Hazell.[2] It was produced by Francis Searle for Act Films Ltd[3] and was a sequel to Fisher's Final Appointment (1954), featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew.[4]

Cast

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  • John Bentley as Mike Billings
  • Hy Hazell as Jenny Drew
  • Eddie Byrne as Inspector Corcoran
  • Patrick Holt as Henry Crossley
  • Joyce Carey as Ida Garnett
  • Kay Callard as Stella Watson
  • Violet Gould as Mrs. Hudson
  • Jessica Cairns as Marilyn Dawn
  • Charles Farrell as Percy Simpson
  • Michael Ellison as Danny Hudson
  • Desmond Rayner as John Smith
  • Graham Stuart as coroner
  • Frank Forsyth as Dr Roberts
  • Clement Hamelin as Seth Makepeace
  • John Watson as plain clothes detective
  • Raymond Rollett as desk sergeant

Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Comedy thriller with a fragile plot and a rather heavy-handed line in humour. To their credit, the players do what they can with the undemanding material to hand."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Comedy-thriller would have done better to stick to the thrills; pretty bad."[6]

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