- Country: UK
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1951-02-18
- Director: John Harlow
- Writers: John Harlow , Michael Leighton
- Language: English
- Stars: William Hartnell , Robert Beatty , Joyce Howard , Raymond Lovell , Herbert Lom (1917–2012) , Alan Wheatley , Cyril Smith , Ivor Barnard , Wally Patch , Ernest Butcher
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Appointment with Crime , Rantevou me to eglima (Greece) , Appointment with Crime (United Kingdom) , Appointment with Crime (Australia) , Appointment with Crime (New Zealand) , Gangsterien luolassa (Finland) , Appointment with Crime (South Africa) , Rendez-vous avec le crime (France, French Republic) , Cita con el crímen (Mexico) , Rendez-vous cu crima (Romania) , Udenfor samfundet (Denmark) , Appointment with Crime (Canada) , Appointment with Crime (Ireland) , Appointment with Crime (United States of America)
- Plot: Leo Martin (William Hartnell) is a low-level member of a smash-and-grab gang run by shady dance-club owner Loman (Raymond Lovell), who is cajoled into a risky job on a major jewelry store. When the robbery goes wrong, and Martin is caught (and his wrists broken), the hood keeps silent and does his stretch in prison -- all along, he nurses a grudge against Loman and his driver Hatchett (Victor Weske) for running out on him. And that grudge grows to full-blown, murderous vengeance when Loman blows off the newly-released Martin as no use to the gang (as his hands aren't what they used to be). Now Martin plans to get even by squeezing Loman dry of everything he has, starting with his peace-of-mind -- he implicates the club owner in a murder, while planning a seemingly perfect alibi for himself, and also manages to latch on to the ring-leader that Loman is fronting for, "respectable" art dealer Gregory Lang (Herbert Lom). Lang has a knack for tying up loose ends -- including Loman -- and thinks he can handle a low-level spiv like Martin, but he doesn't reckon with the latter's rage, deviousness, or resourcefulness. Martin's planning gets him past all of the obstacles in his way, even -- so it seems -- the plodding efforts of Inspector Rogers (Robert Beatty), still investigating the killing that put Martin's plan into operation.
- IMDB:tt0039158
Appointment with Crime Cast · · · ALL
John Harlow
Director
William Hartnell
Leo Martin
Raymond Lovell
Gus Loman
Robert Beatty
Det. Insp. Rogers
Herbert Lom
(1917–2012)
Gregory Lang
Joyce Howard
Carol Dane
Alan Wheatley
Noel Penn
Cyril Smith
Det. Sgt. Charlie Weeks
Elsie Wagstaff
Mrs. Wilkins
Wally Patch
Joe Fisher
Ian McLean
Det. Mason
Harry Lane
Big Mike
Frederick Morant
Harry Millerton
Ivor Barnard
Jonah Crackle
Ernest Butcher
John Brown
Kenneth Warrington
Winckle
Wilfrid Hyde-White
(1903–1991)
Cleaner
Albert Chevalier
Spearman - C.I.D.
Paul Croft
Dusty
Howard Douglas
Mr. Quilp
James Robertson Justice
Prison Governor
H Victor Weske
Hatchett
James Knight
Smokey
Harry Terry
Mick