Blind Date (1959): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1959, Blind Date is a thriller, drama, crime and mystery film directed by Joseph Losey, running about 95 minutes.

What it’s about. Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.

Who’s in it. Blind Date stars Hardy Krüger as Jan-Van Rooyer, Stanley Baker as Insp. Morgan, Micheline Presle as Jacqueline Cousteau and John Van Eyssen as Insp. Westover, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Blind Date has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In GB you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Blind Date page.

If you liked it. Fans of Blind Date tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.