Rendezvous (1935 film)

Rendezvous
theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam K. Howard
Sam Wood (uncredited)
Screenplay byP.J. Wolfson
George Oppenheimer
Adaptation:
Bella and Samuel Spewack
Uncredited:
Herman Mankiewicz
Howard Emmett Rogers
Based onThe American Black Chamber
1931 book
by Herbert O. Yardley
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
StarringWilliam Powell
Rosalind Russell
Binnie Barnes
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
James Wong Howe (uncredited)
Edited byHugh Wynn
Music byWilliam Axt
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Mist Entertainment (UK)
Release date
  • October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24) (U.S.)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rendezvous is a 1935 American spy film set in World War I, directed by William K. Howard, starring William Powell and Rosalind Russell and featuring Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero and Samuel S. Hinds. Powell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in love.

The film's screenplay by P.J. Wolfson and George Oppenheimer was based on The Blonde Countess, a 1933 novel by Herbert Yardley, founder and head of the Black Chamber, as adapted by Bella and Samuel Spewack.