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Appointment With Venus is a novel by Jerrard Tickell and a 1951 film directed by Ralph Thomas. The screenplay was written by Nicholas Phipps and Jerrard Tickell, from the novel by Tickell, and based on a real incident which took place during the Second World War. The film was produced by Betty E Box. The music was written by Benjamin Frankel.

In the U.S. the film was re-titled Island Rescue.

Plot

In 1940, after the fall of France, the fictitious Channel Island of Amorel is occupied by a small garrison of German troops under the benign command of Hauptmann Weiss (George Coulouris). He finds that the hereditary ruler, the Suzerain, is away in the army, leaving the Provost in charge.

Back in London, the Ministry of Agriculture realise that during the evacuation of the island, Venus, a prize pedigree cow, has been left behind. They petition the War Office to do something urgently, and Major Moreland (David Niven), is assigned the task of rescuing Venus. When he realises that the Suzerain's sister, Nicola Falaise (Glynis Johns) is in Wales, serving as an army cook, she is quickly posted to the War Office and the two, with a sergeant and a naval officer, are landed on the island.

They contact the Provost and discover that the Hauptmann, a cattle breeder in civilian life, is about to the have the cow shipped to Germany. In a race against the Germans discovering their presence, they spirit the cow onto a beach and via a special craft, onto a motorboat which takes them to England.

The film also includes Kenneth More as Nicola's cousin, Barry Jones as the Provost and Noel Purcell as "Trawler".

The story is based on a real incident told to Tickell ten years after the war by an army officer who was involved in a similar event.

The fictitious island of Amorel may be based on Sark, which also has a feudal ruler, the Seigneur, as depicted in the play The Dame of Sark.

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