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Chance Meeting poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 65.5 / 100
1959·Crime / Drama / Mystery·1h 35m

CHANCE MEETING

Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.

Above the Line
Joseph Losey·DirectorMillard Lampell·ScreenplayBen Barzman·ScreenplayChristopher Challis·Director of PhotographyRichard Rodney Bennett·Original Music ComposerReginald Mills·Editor
Cast
Hardy Krüger·Jan-Van RooyerStanley Baker·Insp. MorganMicheline Presle·Jacqueline CousteauJohn Van Eyssen·Insp. WestoverGordon Jackson·SergeantRobert Flemyng·Sir Brian LewisJack MacGowran·PostmanRedmond Phillips·Police doctorGeorge Roubicek·Police constableLee Montague·Sgt. Farrow
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 4
Joseph Losey·DirectorSusan Dyson·ContinuityGus Angus·Third Assistant DirectorCharles Hammond·Second Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Millard Lampell·ScreenplayBen Barzman·ScreenplayLeigh Howard·Novel
Camera· 1
Christopher Challis·Director of Photography
Editing· 3
Reginald Mills·EditorNoreen Best·First Assistant EditorHarry Ledger·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 6
Richard Rodney Bennett·Original Music ComposerMalcolm Cooke·Sound EditorMalcolm Arnold·ConductorJohn Scott·MusicianGeoffrey Kidd·Boom OperatorLen Page·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 6
Harry Pottle·Art DirectionEdward Carrick·Art DirectionTrevor Crole-Rees·Makeup ArtistEric Saw·DraughtsmanRichard Macdonald·Title DesignerPercy Godbold·Property Buyer
Production· 4
David Deutsch·ProducerLuggi Waldleitner·ProducerGeorge Mills·Production ManagerSheila Bagshaw·Production Secretary
Other Departments· 3
Maude Onslow·HairstylistVi Murray·Wardrobe SupervisorRuth Lipton·Unit Publicist
By the Numbers
65.5
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
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