Rent The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
3.7 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
Air Marshall Hardie is a guest at a society dinner party in Hong Kong on the eve of his flight to Tokyo. During the course of the night, another guest is persuaded to share the details of a strange dream he had, which involved a plane crash in the mountains of Japan. Hardie takes little notice of the story until the following day, when he discovers the plane he had been intending to fly has been swapped for a Dakota, the very plane that featured in the mysterious dream. Stranger still, two last minute passengers arrive, taking the number of passengers up to match with that which the dream foretold. Hardie begins to wonder if it was indeed merely a dream — or a premonition which is about to become a deadly reality. - Actors:
- Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott, Ursula Jeans, Ralph Truman, Michael Hordern, Nigel Stock, Bill Kerr, Alfie Bass, George Rose, Victor Maddern, David Orr, David Yates, Doreen Aris
- Directors:
- Leslie Norman
- Writers:
- Victor Goddard, RC Sherriff
- Others:
- RC Sherriff
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Thrillers
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Supernatural thriller. - The Night My Number Came Up review by Steve
High tension disaster-thriller with a twist, which grips in the opening scene and won't let go. At a dinner party in Hong Kong, a visiting brass hat (Michael Hordern) tells a gathering of military officers and colonial staff his nightmare about a plane of 13 passengers and crew who crash in hazardous conditions on a remote coastline in Japan.
When it emerges that most of the people in the room are travelling the next day to Tokyo on a light aircraft, a germ of unease is sown. And then some minor details begin to come true. The key character is an administrator (Alexander Knox) who is so superstitious that he has published a book denying the existence of fate or premonitions!
And it's his growing panic that drives the suspense. Until the plane is circling a small island through a snowstorm in the dark with the fuel tank empty... There's an engaging crew of British stalwarts filling out the cast, led by Michael Redgrave as a rational RAF officer. It's mostly one for the chaps, with Sylvia Sim peripheral in her last film.
There's some informative chat about the psychology of superstition and fatalism. Today this wouldn't survive the edit, but it adds to the richness of the tale. The inspired premise is brilliantly realised on both sides of the camera. It's among the most suspenseful action films ever made, and afterwards, it feels a bit like a dream.
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