Appointment in London (1953)
Appointment in London is set in an RAF Bomber Command squadron during 1943 and tells of a wing commander's attempt to reach the milestone of 90 air raids. His superiors remove him from active duty when he reaches 89 but an unfortunate accident as the Lancaster bombers are setting off means that he disobeys his superiors and sets out with his old crew one final time.
What an annoying film this was. The final air raid over Holland was extremely frustrating. It was genuinely quite tense and i imagine realistic but when the bombers are told to aim for the green markers time and time again and we are watching a black and white film where all we see are white spots of anti-aircraft gunfire against essentially a black background, meaning we don't have a hope of knowing what they are supposed to be targeting.
Added to the first hour which is actually remarkably dull as Dirk Bogarde's wing commander mopes about the command centre as the rest of the crew's muck about, it all adds up to a disjointed film of two halves
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