Stolen Assignment
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Directed byTerence Fisher
Written byKenneth Hayles
Story by
- Sidney Nelson
- Maurice Harrison
Produced byFrancis Searle
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Written by | Kenneth Hayles |
| Story by |
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| Produced by | Francis Searle |
| Starring | John Bentley |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey) |
| Edited by | John Pomeroy |
Production company | Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.) |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 62 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British comedy 'B'[1] film directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley and Hy Hazell.[2] It was written by Kenneth Hayles from a story by Sidney Nelson and Maurice Harrison, and produced by Francis Searle for Act Films Ltd.[3] It was a sequel to Fisher's Final Appointment (1954), featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew.[4]
- 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