Appointment with a Shadow is a 1957 American CinemaScope crime film noir directed by Richard Carlson and starring George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith and Virginia Field.

Penny has a tip on a story that could change Baxter's life, but she will reveal it only on the condition that Paul can last the day without drinking alcohol.

Paul arrives at the restaurant in time but in rough shape; an accident has resulted in his clothing being soaked in liquor.

In August 1957, it was announced that Jeffrey Hunter, under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox but permitted to make one outside film per year, would take the lead role.

[9] In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Richard W. Nason wrote that the film "has as much novelty and enchantment as the popcorn machine in the lobby.