CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1955
The Night My Number Came Up posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1955 1h 34m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Its patient police investigation and near-documentary British texture should suit appreciation for The Night My Number Came Up’s understated credibility and methodical escalation.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Alexander Knox

Owen Robertson

Bill Kerr

Soldier

Ralph Truman

Ralph Truman

Wainwright

Nigel Stock

The Pilot

Alfie Bass

Alfie Bass

The Soldier

George Rose

Bennett

David Orr

The Co-Pilot

Michael Redgrave

Air Marshal Hardie