Frightened Man, The

Date: 1952
Director: John Gilling
Production Company: Tempean Films

Stars: Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor, Barbara Murray, Michael Ward, John Blythe
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

Oxford student is sent down and becomes involved with a London gang much to the despair of his doting father. SJ

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Rosselli is the name of Victor's character and this is his antique shop he runs with Ward. Frances Bull advises that this was actually, Roselli's, on the corner of the mews at the back of Denbigh Road and Westbourne Grove. She says that the shop stayed this way with its gold lettering until the 1980's when all the antique shops were displaced. (RL)

227 Westbourne Grove at the corner of Lambton Place, W11. SJ

Victor picks up his son Walsh at Paddington, W2.

I think I need Phil's expeertise here as I'm not sure I'm on the right platform. SJ

They arrive home from the station.

Found by virtue of capture 6. SJ

Walsh seeks a car from old but crooked friend Blythe…Used cars are still traded, the building far right no longer has “picked out” brickwork, the distinctive corbels of the property further along remain. RL identifies 247-251 Goldhawk Road, W12

The best possible shot given trees, a wall and the extension of Ravenscourt Park. Also seen in A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Sq.(RL)

Walsh picks up lodger Murray from his home as seen earlier.

A nice match of brick and iron work. SJ

The shot which establishes the home as Horbury Crescent, London W11. Found by DocRobertPepper at Brtimovies.

That's a lotta cars but otherwise unchanged. SJ

PW identifies the West Coast Main Line out of Euston as seen from Primrose Hill Road with the rear of, now replaced, properties on King Henry's Road in the top background. The train is about to enter Primrose Hill Tunnel.

This is as near as I could manage though the camera, at the time of filming, was placed lower beyond the vegetation, so it will have to do for now. SJ

And the camera pans through the steam to an establishment shot of where Murray and Walsh are now living. King Henry's Road, London NW3 located by PW.

And I panned right and this is the view now. As above, taken by holding the camera above a rather high wall from Primrose Hill looking east. SJ

Another establishment shot, this time of New Scotland Yard, SW1.

Peter provides this image of the same location which was also seen in 'Meet Mr. Callaghan'.

Tilting down from a Hatton Garden sign as Walsh approaches Murray's workplace.

Peter took this comparison from ground level.

As above but now he's hired an office next door to a safe full of diamonds.

The same street by Peter.

An architectural detail (above Barclays Bank). Hatton Garden EC1 which is also seen in 'The Hatton Garden Job', 'King of Thieves', 'The Primitives', 'King of the Underworld', 'A Fish Called Wanda', 'Dateline Diamonds', 'The Secret Place' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

Barclays has closed its branch on the corner of Greville Street but the important architectural detail over Minerva House at 26 & 27 Hatton Garden has survived as have the railing etc. Location identified by RL and captured by Peter.

Police watch Walsh entering.

Peter was at the same location.