Three on a Spree

Date: 1961
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Production Company: Caralan Productions Ltd.

Stars: Jack Watling, Carole Lesley, Renee Houston, John Slater, Colin Gordon, John Salew, Julian Orchard
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

A man is set to inherit £8,000,000 but only on the condition that he spends the first million in sixty days.

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Late for work, Michael L. Brewster (Jack Watling) dashes from the house.

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The flustered clerk bumps into a Woman, knocking the contents of her bag onto the footpath.

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Leaving the woman to pick up her shopping, Michael rushes off.

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Nearing the station, a road is impatiently crossed. This is the junction of Uxbridge Road and Shepherd's Bush Green in W12 with The Telegraph public house at the corner of Richmond Gardens across the road.

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The camera pans to follow. Looking along Shepherd's Bush Green from the corner of Shepherd's Bush Place.

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Passing through the station entrance, Michael descends onto the Central Line. Shepherd's Bush station entrance in London W12.

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A train is heard to arrive as Michael runs for the platform. One presumes that this is also Shepherd's Bush station following on from the views upstairs.

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Passengers alight from the train and Michael jumps on board.

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Having destroyed his umbrella in the train doors before being taken beyond his stop when having trouble getting off, the hapless fellow finally arrives at his destination.

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Michael reaches the station exit. Back to the entrance of Shepherd's Bush station on Uxbridge Road.

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Running along the street, Michael arrives in the office at just after 9 o'clock. Facing west on Uxbridge Road with the Shepherd's Bush Place to the right and Shepherd's Bush Common on the left.

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Michael Brewster discovers that he has saved enough money to marry his sweetheart Susan Gray.

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Excitedly, the young man rushes home to Mrs. Gray's house where he lodges with the family.

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Visiting Grant & Ripley Solicitors, Michael discovers that he is to inherit a fortune. Probably stock footage of The Royal Courts of Justice on Strand, London WC2.

Peter thinks he should have been on the other side of the road.

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Trying to spend one million pounds as a condition of inheriting the full eight million, Michael sets up his own business.

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Finding it difficult to spend his money, Michael has the idea of arranging to have his offices robbed.

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Failing to gamble his money away, Michael arrives home to discover that he has unwittingly purchased a harem of six women from an Eastern Gentleman.

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Intending to invest in a failing show, the production turns out to be a hit. The Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in London W1.

A daytime shot from Peter.

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The star of the show sues for breach of promise as Michael contrives to lose more money. The High Court of Justice on Strand.

Peter was on the case.

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As the time limit for spending a million pounds approaches, Michael returns home by taxi.

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Clutching a pile of receipts, the heir gets out of the cab.

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The camera follows Michael to the front door of his lodgings.