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Blind Date is a British film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Losey with Hardy Krüger

Blind Date (1959)

Blind Date
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Length 1h35
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Themes Peinture
Rating66% 3.33823.33823.33823.33823.3382

Blind Date (U.S. title: Chance Meeting) is a 1959 murder mystery film. A police inspector investigates a woman's death, with her lover being the prime suspect. Ben Barzman and Millard Lampell were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.

The film was one of Stanley Baker's favourites.

Synopsis

Jan Van Rooyer, a painter, has been art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, an older woman who becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship to Morgan, a police detective.

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