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Emergency Call

6.7/10
TMDB7 votes
1952Original: English84 min

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.

Genres: Thriller
Cast: Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Sidney James, Earl Cameron

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About Emergency Call

Emergency Call (1952) is a film in the thriller genres. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. The cast includes Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Sidney James.

Released
1952-05-19
Original language
English
Runtime
84 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United Kingdom
Production companies
Nettlefold Films
Directors
Lewis Gilbert
Writers
Vernon Harris, Lewis Gilbert

Emergency Call cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.7/10 from 7 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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.

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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.

Who stars in Emergency Call?

Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Sidney James, Earl Cameron, Thora Hird. See the cast cards above for character names.

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