Appointment with Venus (1951)

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Appointment with Venus is a 1951 British war drama film, a film adaptation of the 1951 Jerrard Tickell novel of the same name. It was directed by Ralph Thomas, produced by Betty E. Box and its screenplay was written by the novelist Nicholas Phipps. The film was based on the evacuation of Alderney cattle from the Channel Island during World War II.

Production

The story is based on a real incident told to Tickell after the war by an army officer who had been involved. The film follows the original novel closely with the exception of the fate of Lionel.

The movie was made under a new funding model for Rank, British Film Makers, where movies were co financed by the NFFC.

THe film was shot in April 1951 at Pinewood Studios and on location on the island of Sark. Sark, inhabited by 500 people, had a feudal ruler, the Seigneur, until 2008, as depicted in the play The Dame of Sark. Like all the other Channel Islands, it was occupied by German troops 1940–1945. British commandos made two unsuccessful raids in 1942–43.

The island did not allow motorised traffic. The filmmakers were allowed one Land Rover and trailer to transport their equipment. Otherwise they had to walk or use boats and horse-drawn carriages. The rushes were transported to the nearby island of Guernsey where they were seen weekly.

Kenneth More's casting meant he had to turn down a role in Angels One Five. More says he had a key scene where his character turns from pacifist to resistance fighter by knocking out a German; he was preparing to shoot it when Ralph Thomas told him that the scene had to go to David Niven, as the star.

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