Man Who Never Was, The

Date: 1956
Director: Ronald Neame
Production Company: Sumar Productions

Stars: Gloria Grahame, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Cyril Cusack, André Morell, Michael Hordern, Joan Hickson
Location(s): London, Spain

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Storyline:

Dead man with secrets strapped to his wrist floated off the coast of Spain for the Nazis to be misinformed. True story, and reusing our favorite Hammersmith corner again! JT

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  • Capture 1
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A ministry building perhaps, or law courts, Carey Street maybe?

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  • 17 Feb 2011
  • 22 Jun 2026

Hammersmith Bridge.

Steps still there

The steps are still there. SJ

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  • 14 Feb 2011
  • 22 Jun 2026

Digby Mansions, Lower Marsh.

And now we go inside.

A car-free moment to see the entrance at a decent angle. SJ

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  • 03 May 2011

Back of Whitehall, towards Green Park.

Horse Guards Road at the west end of King Charles Street. SJ

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  • 03 May 2011

Birdcage Walk in the distance.

Bang on. SJ

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  • 13 Feb 2011

University College, off Gower Street with entrance opposite the Cruciform Building, London: scene of many of the “Doctor” films.

Yes, look at the white "bubble".

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  • 17 Feb 2011

University College.

Close by, but No Entry!

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  • 18 Aug 2013

UC

Exit from the Path. Lab. where Sir Bernard Spilsbury worked, one of the formative influences on the mind of the young sociopath, who later became a fully fledged psychopath, Cinema of Darkness. Paul Hawkins tells us that shortly after this scene, the truck, with the unknown man passed through Aldenham, Village of the Damned.

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Spain? I bet Simon knows. ...Taking up the challenge, the facts say Huelva: author Ben MacIntyre gave a great talk to my school about Operation Mincemeat. SJ

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Spain? ... Local Terry Walsh doesn't recognise Huelva here (captures 9-14) so we shall have to cast our net wider.

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Spain?

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Or Portugal?

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  • 25 May 2022

Same town... And we now have Huelva after ten years of doubt: Steve Randall has identified the Casa Del Millon, at 32 Calle Puerto, Huelva.

And soon after his identification, Steve popped over to Huelva to take this comparison. (SJ)

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........again... Terry and I both reckon this is the real Our Lady of Solitude Cemetery, Huelva (SJ)

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  • 29 Jul 2018

Graveyard, abandoned......a set? It represents the Cemetery of Solitude and could well be the real thing on HU1301 just north of Huelva. (SJ)

Looks like the real thing. Sent in, along with Google shots actually marking William Martin's grave, by Richard Dodds with thanks. (SJ)

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  • 24 Jul 2017

Liverpool Street Station, as was, maybe? ... Stephen Boyd is exiting Paddington Station up the slope which leads to Praed Street. It would be logical as the gangway from which he disembarks has 'Fishguard' on it. I think John Tuthill is right (SJ)

Yes he is and here's the now. SJ

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  • 24 Jul 2017

Was it Liverpool Street?... Now known as not: click the date.

As above, it's Paddington leading to Praed Street. SJ

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  • 24 Jul 2017

Confirmed as Paddington.

And this is the reverse view of above, with new windows and doors. SJ

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  • 02 Sep 2017

Paddington again.

Still at Paddington (which I missed first time, so I returned). SJ

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  • 07 Aug 2017

Peter identifies this as what was Barnby Street in NW1, looking south-east with Ampthill Square to the left.

And here's Peter's modern view of the same redeveloped location.

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  • 27 Aug 2016

Dublin, Belfast?

No, it's Ampthill Square in NW1 and Peter provides this image of the rebuilt area.

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  • 22 Jun 2017

Ampthill Square, London NW1 (since pulled down in approx 1967) flats there now. After a few years up, this is new information from Eileen Taylor with our thanks.

And a little further on in time Peter provides the evidence, Barnby Street, London NW1 looking north with Hampstead Road to the left. (RL)

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  • 27 Aug 2016

"7a was south side of Ampthill Square NW1, 7b is west side looking north 7c is west side looking north and this one 7d is west side looking north: the house used was my friend's house by name of Hedges." Info from AW Gaze with thanks.

Peter confirms the location with this shot taken from Barnby Street.

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  • 25 Jul 2016

Gieves, Gieves and Hawks in my day I believe, Jermyn Street or was it Saville Row?

Old Bond Street actually and the same spot captured by Peter 60 years on. (RL)

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  • 06 Nov 2012

Sign says West End Box Office Alfred Hays

Old Bond Street. The decorative clock outside Tiffany & Co and the reflections of the buildings opposite help to confirm. From Richard Lovejoy.

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  • 28 Jul 2016

More Old Bond Street.

Peter takes a similar view of the same spot in Old Bond Street. (RL)

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  • 09 Mar 2011

Piccadilly, London, the old Naval & Military Club, often called the In and Out club.

Spotted, but from the outside. Gates locked. And, a correction from Maurice Ricketts, the title is the Naval and Military Club. Thanks Maurice.

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  • 09 Mar 2011

The old Naval and Military Club.

Yes, it is. Called the "In and Out" because of the labels on the gate posts. Sometime home of Lord Palmerstone. Maurice Ricketts.

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  • 04 Mar 2011

Front portico

The interior shots of the lobby, used in the film, were actually shot in the real lobby. Maurice Ricketts.

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  • 13 Feb 2011

Corner of Hyde Park and Knightsbridge.

Sorted!

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  • 10 May 2011

Looks like some refurbishing going on, Knightsbridge. SJ

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  • 15 Feb 2011

Digby Mansions, Lower Mall.

The same doorway.

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  • 15 Feb 2011

Hammy Bridge.

Now

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  • 17 Feb 2011

The mansion flats again

Proof

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  • 20 Mar 2012

Again

They really loved this place.

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  • 17 Feb 2011

The road up towards Hammersmith. Miss Deneuve walked along on the other side of the wall to the right in Repulsion.

Same place

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  • 24 Jul 2017

And the cops speed off south, looking for an address in Kings Cross, or Paddington or Islington, but certainly not south of the Thames.

Just out of frame, on the right is the Riverside Studio.