Night My Number Came Up, The
Date: 1955
Director: Leslie Norman
Production Company: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott
Location(s): Hong Kong
Region(s): Rest Of The World
Storyline:
On what should have been a routine flight, fate conspires to bring together the elements of a premonition that ends in disaster.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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The film opens with a view of Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport. To the right lies Kowloon Bay.
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A car arrives, bringing Commander Lindsay to speak with the Wing Commander about the location of a missing plane. Kai Tak Airport, officially Hong Kong International Airport, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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In flashback, the plane carrying Commander Lindsay and Air Marshal Hardie approaches Hong Kong Airport. Looking across Kowloon, inland from Kai Tak Airport.
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The plane comes in to land on runway 13. Opened in 1925, Kai Tak Airport closed in 1998.
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Meeting Commander Lindsay (Michael Hordern) and Air Marshal Sir John Hardie (Michael Redgrave) from the flight, Owen Robertson (Alexander Knox) invites them to dine with him and his family that evening. Hong Kong International Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Sights of Hong Kong set the scene. To the right stand the HSBC Headquarters building and the Bank of China building with Victoria Harbour beyond.
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Streetscapes serve to illustrate the hustle and bustle of the busy Asian colony.
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Another view of the city precludes dinner at Robertson's home where he, his Wife and Daughter, Sir John and Flight Lieutenant Mackenzie hear Commander Lindsay describe a vivid dream in which he witnesses an air crash.
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After the plane is switched for a Dakota, like the one in the dream, the superstitious Robertson arrives at the airport the following day for the flight to Tokyo. Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport.
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Additionally carrying two Soldiers returning from leave, Lord Wainwright and stenographer Mary Campbell, bringing the number on board to thirteen as in Commander Lindsay's premonition, the Douglas Dakota lands at Okinawa to refuel.
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Following a fitful night, Robertson and his fellow passengers make their way back to the Dakota for the onward flight to Tokyo
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Fearing impending disaster Robertson, catches up with Sir John after writing a letter to his Wife.
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Successfully negotiating bad weather after the radio and instruments fail, Squadron Leader Walker brings the Dakota back under control and starts looking for landmarks.