Appointment With Venus
- 1951 film
Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel. Stars David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Barry Jones, Kenneth More and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1951
- Stars
- David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Barry Jones, Kenneth More, Noel Purcell, Bernard Lee, Jeremy Spenser and more
- Writers
- Jerrard Tickell and Nicholas Phipps
- Director
- Ralph Thomas
- Producers
- Betty E. Box and Peter Rogers
- Company
Based of the true events of the evacuation of Alderney cattle during German occupation of the Channel Islands in the Second World War, Appointment With Venus tells the tale of prize cow Venus, with a pedigree as impressive as that of any aristocrat in the land, and presently in calf by a similarly well-bred male, Mars, from another island.
As the forces of the Third Reich take control of the island of Armorel, Whitehall is alarmed to learn that Venus was not evacuated when the small garrison of troops left. An animal of such pure stock and with such capacity for reeding cannot be left to Nazi hands!
Additional details
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 87 minutes
- UK release
- Monday 8th October 1951
- Produced
- 1951
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 27th January 2023 at 3:00pm on TPTV
- Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 1:00pm on London Live
- Thursday 24th January 2019 at 2:45pm on London Live
Recording details
- Pinewood Studios - Studios
- Sark - Location filming