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Channel 4 showed this 1962 film at lunchtime today. It stars Peter Sellers, Lional Jefferies, Bernard Cribbins, John Le Measurier and others. It is a tale of London crooks being robbed by Australian crooks disguised as policemen. The crooks set up a trap with the real police to capture the Australian crooks. I remembered that there is a major use of a level crossing where they hope to trap the crooks. The film was made by Beaconsfield Studios.
Neither John Huntley's "Railways on the Screen" or Glyn Horton's recent book "British Railways in Feature Films" mention the film at all. I therefore recorded the last two-thirds of it to include this part of the film and try and identify where it was shot. All I could get from the film was:
Signal box of rectangular shape, flat roof and brick build - possibly WWII build?
Third rail electrification, so presumeably BR(SR), apparently on a level and straight length of track going away from the crossing. (but could have been done elsewhere and edited in).
Lattice signal post holding upper quadrant signal protecting crossing.
Large gasholders a short distance along road crossing railway.
No name visible on signalbox and no trains passed, suggesting this may have been a minor line.
Anyone know where these scenes were taken, please?
Regards,
John Webb
Neither John Huntley's "Railways on the Screen" or Glyn Horton's recent book "British Railways in Feature Films" mention the film at all. I therefore recorded the last two-thirds of it to include this part of the film and try and identify where it was shot. All I could get from the film was:
Signal box of rectangular shape, flat roof and brick build - possibly WWII build?
Third rail electrification, so presumeably BR(SR), apparently on a level and straight length of track going away from the crossing. (but could have been done elsewhere and edited in).
Lattice signal post holding upper quadrant signal protecting crossing.
Large gasholders a short distance along road crossing railway.
No name visible on signalbox and no trains passed, suggesting this may have been a minor line.
Anyone know where these scenes were taken, please?
Regards,
John Webb