The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Leslie Norman

Written By:
Victor Goddard
R.C. Sherriff

Actors:
Michael Redgrave ..... Air Marshal Hardie
Sheila Sim ..... Mary Campbell
Alexander Knox ..... Owen Robertson
Denholm Elliott ..... Fl. Lt. McKenzie
Ursula Jeans ..... Mrs Robertson
Ralph Truman ..... Lord Wainwright
Michael Hordern ..... Commander Lindsay
Nigel Stock ..... Pilot
Bill Kerr ..... Soldier
Alfie Bass ..... Soldier
George Rose ..... Bennett
Victor Maddern ..... Engineer
David Orr ..... The Co-pilot
David Yates ..... The Navigator
Doreen Aris ..... Miss Robertson

Synopsis:

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a pilot is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a Dakota bound for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese mountains. Amongst those listening is Air Marshal Hardie who is due to fly to Tokyo the next day. Hardie initially dismisses the dream because he is scheduled to fly out in a Liberator, but as Hardie arrives at the airport he discovers that the Liberator has developed mechanical problems and has been replaced by a Dakota. When, just before the flight is due to depart, two soldiers board the plane making a complement of eight, Hardie fears that the Dream may be coming true and he is destined to die.

THE NIGHT MY NUMBER CAME UP was based on an actual incident in the life of Britain's Sir Victor Goddard. Michael Redgrave stars as an RAF pilot who is tormented by the premonition that his plane will crash. After much trepidation, he agrees to take a routine flight. As Redgrave prepares to take off, he notes that several of the small details in his premonition are occurring all around him. The audience sweats out the rest flight with Redgrave, fully expecting the worst at any second. A steady level of suspense permeates THE NIGHT MY NUMBER CAME UP from beginning to end; that level might even have been heightened had not the film been constructed in the form of a flashback.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 April, 2010.

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