One Way Out

Date: 1955
Director: Francis Searle
Production Company: Major Pictures

Stars: Jill Adams, Eddie Byrne, Lyndon Brook, John Chandos, Arthur Howard, Arthur Lowe
Location(s): Berkshire, London

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

A retiring policeman risks his reputation when he accepts a bribe to keep his daughter from being implicated in a robbery.

Additional Information:

Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson

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  • Capture 1
  • 18 Jul 2018

As Sunday morning bells ring, Mr. Church walks along a respectable suburban road. Jules Ballantyne identifies this as Brayfield Road in Bray, Berkshire.

Looking south-west down Brayfield Road. SJ

  • Capture 2
  • 18 Jul 2018

The gent turns and makes his way towards Superintendent John Harcourt (Eddie Byrne) as he tends to his garden.

More open now. SJ

  • Capture 3
  • 18 Jul 2018

The two men exchange pleasantries. The Haven on Brayfield Road, located by Jules.

Appears well-named. SJ

  • Capture 4
  • 05 Feb 2017

This is Hampstead Police Station on Rosslyn Hill in London NW3.

Peter captured the unchanged doorway.

  • Capture 5
  • 05 Feb 2017

Following a phone call from the station, Superintendent Harcourt makes his way into work. Outside Hampstead Police Station on Rosslyn Hill with the corner of Downshire Hill in the left background.

Again, almost exactly the same in Peter's shot.

  • Capture 6
  • 05 Feb 2017

The camera follows the long serving policeman as he enters the building. Hampstead Police Station can also be seen in ‘Account Rendered’, 'Night, After Night, After Night' and 'The Wrong Arm of the Law'.

Peter provides this comparison.

  • Capture 7
  • 18 Jul 2018

The Paper Boy makes his delivery to the Harcourt's home, bringing news of a robbery near Maidenhead. The Haven on Brayfield Road found by Jules Ballantyne.

The best angle without trespass. SJ

  • Capture 8
  • 17 May 2017

Having found herself implicated in the robbery, Shirley Piper (Jill Adams) worries as she makes her way to work. Confirmed by John Disson as 140 and 138 St. John's Wood High Street. Thumb's the newsagent and the lady seated far right, in the white overall, was the mother of the Salamone family who ran the greengrocers. (RL)

A more colourful parade today. (RL)

  • Capture 9
  • 12 Apr 2017

The Superintendent's daughter arrives in St. John's Wood. Facing St. John’s Wood station from the corner of Finchley Road and Acacia Road in NW8. The station and road junction were also seen in 'It's Never Too Late', 'The Strange Case of Blondie', ‘Black Orchid’, 'The Diamond' and ‘Mantrap’.

Richard Lovejoy provides this more tropical looking comparison.

  • Capture 10
  • 12 Apr 2017

The young widow spots a newspaper board announcing that the police are searching for a blonde girl. The junction of Grove End Road, Finchley Road, Acacia Road and Wellington Road in St. John’s Wood with Eyre Court in the background.

Mature trees now grace the street. (RL)

  • Capture 11
  • 12 Apr 2017

As bystanders watch, Shirley runs from the notice. Looking northward from the corner of Finchley Road and Acacia Road.

From a similar viewpoint. (RL)

  • Capture 12
  • 'Now' required

In the park, John Harcourt listens as his daughter explains how she became mixed up with the robbery.

  • Capture 13
  • 08 Feb 2017

After linking the robbery with Danvers, a known criminal, the Superintendent ponders the crook's blackmail threat. Facing south on Victoria Embankment in SW1 with the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge in the left distance.

The best angle that Peter could achieve due to construction work along the Embankment.

  • Capture 14
  • 18 Jul 2018

Not long after John's retirement, a car approaches the Harcourt's house. Facing the corner roughly halfway along Brayfield Road, Bray. Identification by Jules Ballantyne.

The hedge at the end has grown. SJ

  • Capture 15
  • 18 Jul 2018

Assistant Commissioner Fennel (John Bushelle) gets out of the Humber Pullman. Brayfield Road, Bray near Maidenhead in Berkshire discovered by Jules.

Now. SJ

  • Capture 16
  • 18 Jul 2018

Hoping to speak with his former Superintendent, the Assistant Commissioner talks with Shirley. A closer view of The Haven on Brayfield Road. Location found by Jules Ballantyne.

Replacing Jules' proving Google shot from January 2017. Same Citroën as well. SJ

  • Capture 17
  • 18 Jul 2018

Finding that John isn't at home, Fennel asks Shirley to tell her father to call him. Looking across to properties of the other side of the road from The Haven.

Southernwood is opposite. SJ

  • Capture 18
  • 12 Apr 2017

John Harcourt pays Danvers a visit. Richard Lovejoy identifies Viceroy Court at 58-74 Prince Albert Road, London NW8, wider views of which appear in 'A Woman of Mystery' and 1962's 'What Every Woman Wants'.

Viceroy Court identified and proven by Richard Lovejoy.

  • Capture 19
  • 12 Apr 2017

Determined to clear his daughter's name, John enters the building. Viceroy Court on Prince Albert Road.

Viceroy Court again with a redeveloped entrance. (RL)

  • Capture 20
  • 'Now' required

Tragedy eventually strikes when John Harcourt is shot after confronting Danvers in a café.