Emergency Call

6/3/19531h 24m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

race against time
scotland yard
blood donation
sick child

Cast

Jack Warner

~ as ~

Inspector Lane

Anthony Steel

~ as ~

Dr. Carter

Joy Shelton

~ as ~

Laura Bishop

Sid James

~ as ~

Danny Marks

Earl Cameron

~ as ~

George Robinson

Thora Hird

~ as ~

Mrs. Cornelius

Freddie Mills

~ as ~

Tim Mahoney

John Robinson

~ as ~

Dr. Braithwaite

Eric Pohlmann

~ as ~

Flash Harry

Sydney Tafler

~ as ~

Brett

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
It's quite tough to be objective about this - it is a well made feel-good film with a worthy cause and sterling efforts from all concerned as they try to track down a blood donor who can save the life of a desperately ill child. Simultaneously, the police - Jack Warner and Bruce Seton - are on the trail of a dodgy boxing promoter who is trying to manipulate the career of "Tim Mahoney" (former World Light Heavyweight Champ Freddie Mills) and also of some other recalcitrant miscreants. It's got the smallest of budgets, but a surprisingly solid cast of British stalwarts from Dandy Nicholls and Anthony Steel - the well meaning doctor - to Sid James, Thora Hird and Eric Pohlmann and they all combine to make this a perfectly watchable tug at the heart strings mixed in with the usual detective yarn. If you come across it, then you ought to spare it 90 minutes - you'll feel better afterwards.