Magnificent Two, The
Date: 1967
Director: Cliff Owen
Production Company: The Rank Organisation
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Margit Saad
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hampshire
Region(s): Around the World, South East M-Q, South West
Storyline:
Two salesmen travel to a small South American country to peddle their wares. However the country is on the verge of revolution . . . . .
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
Supporting evidence of the comparative film usage of this Pinewood Studio Back Lot can be viewed here.
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- Capture 1
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Paco (Larry Taylor) and other Parazuellian rebels wait for a train bringing their leader, Torres. A studio set included for sake of completeness.
- Capture 2
- 11 Oct 2016
Campo Grande station in Parazuellia played by an extensively dressed Longmoor Downs station on the Longmoor Military Railway.
It was actually Oakhanger Halt looking south. (RL)
- Capture 3
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The rebels wait for their leader. Longmoor Downs station, Hampshire. The station was also used in 'Sons and Lovers' and other views of the railway can be found in 'The Rescue Squad', 'The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery', Sons and Lovers' and 'Runaway Railway'.
Oakhanger Halt looking north along the platform. Unfortunately there is nothing to provide a precise location. (RL)
- Capture 4
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The train carrying Eric and Ernie approaches the station. The Longmoor Military Railway closed in 1969.
Oakhanger Halt looking south, long gone but it looks as if we were there before the next change. (RL)
- Capture 5
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Eric (Eric Morecambe) and Ernie (Ernie Wise) alight from the train after arriving in Campo Grande. Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire.
Oakhanger Halt looking north now. (RL)
- Capture 6
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A stock shot of the Presidential Palace which, Steve Randall advises, is the Palacio Unzué in Buenos Aires, Argentina where Eva Perón died. The building was demolished in 1958, nine years before the film's release.
- Capture 7
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After the revolution, Ernie finds Eric being carried through the streets. Studio set included for sake of completeness. This set, as brought to our attention by Dave Wilson, was also used in 'Doomwatch'. Evidence with comparative images can be viewed via the link in the Header Section of this film. (RL)