The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

6.9/10 94 min Thriller Drama Mystery Fantasy

Overview

British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Air Marshal Hardie

Sheila Sim

Mary Campbell

Alexander Knox

Owen Robertson

Denholm Elliott

Fl. Lt. McKenzie

Ursula Jeans

Mrs Robertson

Bill Kerr

Soldier

Ralph Truman

Wainwright

Michael Hordern

Lindsay

Nigel Stock

The Pilot

Alfie Bass

The Soldier

George Rose

Bennett

Victor Maddern

The Engineer

Hugh Moxey

John Fabian

Percy Herbert

Philip Vickers

Richard Davies

Wireless Operator

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