Licensed to Kill

Opening shot in this movie shows a street name sign. Yes, it's real . . . opposite Hampstead Heath station at the corner with South End Road.

Not quite as impressive a sign. SJ

The camera pulls back and pans right to reveal August Jacobsen (Robert Marsden) getting out of a 1961 Vanden Plas Princess MkII. The corner of South End Road and South Hill Park in Hampstead. Roy Taylor points out the Magdala public house beyond the fence on the left, which is where, in 1955, David Blakely had been drinking before being shot in the street outside by Ruth Ellis.

Better taken in winter but behind the cars and foliage are the same buildings up South Hill Park. SJ

A woman with her children in a pram approaches August Jacobsen who is waiting to meet someone in the park.

Denis Hoare is not quite sure how he and Simon missed each other as they appear to have been in Hampstead at the same time, however Denis managed to specialise with this shot taken from the path on Hampstead Heath between ponds 2 and 3. Tris points out that pathway also features in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' and 'The Monster of Highgate Ponds'. (RL)

Henrik Jacobsen (Karel Stepanek) and his secretary Julia Lindberg (Veronica Hurst) arrive at the airport. Geoff also finds the setting here for us, Heathrow and the BOAC maintenance hangar, more completely seen in Capture 6. (RL)

A 1960 Woseley police car arrives at the airport to escort Henrik's car. Heathrow and the BOAC maintenance hangar as found by Geoff, see also Captures 4 and 6. (RL)

The Police escort and Henrik leave the airport. The BOAC maintenance hangar at Heathrow found by Geoff, see also Captures 4 and 5. (RL)

Tetchkinov (Felix Felton) looks out of his office window. Geoff Dodd positions this as Park Lane, London W1 with Tetchkinov, he believes, looking out from the first floor of the Hilton Park Lane. (RL)

Geoff provides this Google Earth View in support, saying that the shape of the window and its’ frame seems to match with that seen to the extreme right of the Google Street View image, just above 'The Park Lane Collection' on the right hand side of the capture. The railings of the subway seen in the capture to the left can also be seen. (RL)

Henrik and Walter Pickering (Francis De Wolff) leave the chapel after viewing the coffin of August Jacobsen. Golders Green Crematorium on Hoop Lane NW11 found by Benny Bukhave who points out the Portuguese patterned floor tiles.

Charles Vine (Tom Adams) and Henrik sight-seeing outside Buckingham Palace, London SW1.

Now. SJ

Charles and Henrik set off for a stroll outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.

North-east corner of the Palace. SJ

Charles and Henrik chatting as they continue their stroll. Looking towards the western end of The Mall from Constitution Hill in SW1.

More pavement decoration. SJ

Having just been attacked and Henrik pushed into the back of a white Ford Consul, we see the car speed of along The Mall.

This may be a little too far back. SJ

Charles picks himself up and dashes for the Rolls Royce. Parking at the north side of The Mall in London SW1.

Charles inside the Rolls Royce approaches Admiralty Arch at the end of The Mall in pursuit of Henrik's captors.

A different season. SJ

Charles in the Rolls Royce still in pursuit of the white Ford Consul. Warwick Avenue at Formosa Street, Maida Vale, London W9 says Ray Glenister. (RL)

Replacing Ray's Google Streetview from Jul 2019. SJ

The white 1960 Ford Consul MkII screeches out of a junction in the road. Simon James recognised the junction of Warwick Avenue and Blomfield Road in Maida Vale W9.

The view now by Tris.

The speeding Ford Consul being slowed down by a London Ambulance. Blomfield Road in Maida Vale located by SJ.

Tris was on the case for this one.

Charles still in hot pursuit in a 1954 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. Identified as Warwick Avenue at Pindock Mews, Maida Vale, London W9. (RL)

Replacing Ray's Google Streetview from July 2019. SJ

Charles in the Rolls joins in the wheel screeching chase. Found by SJ, this is the corner of Clifton Villas and Warwick Avenue.

The same background fills Tris's up to date shot.

Narrowly missing a truck, the Ford Consul veers right. Facing Blomfield Road from Westbourne Terrace Road Bridge at the W2 / W9 boundary. The oft seen location features in 'The Blue Lamp', 'The Monster of Highgate Ponds', 'Georgie Girl', 'Allez France!', 'Blue Ice', 'Mantrap', 'The End of the Affair', 'Interlude' and more. (PW)

Another comparison from Tris.

Still eluding Charles, the Ford Consul speeds alongside a canal . . . . . The Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice. (PW)

A greener season captured by Tris.

. . . . before turning left onto a bridge over the canal. Warwick Avenue Bridge crossing the Regent's Canal. (PW)

Tris took this one of the bridge now.

Overtaking slower moving vehicles, the Ford carries on. Warwick Avenue W9 with St. Saviour's Church in the top distance. (PW)

The replacement church is prominent in this comparison by Tris.

The Consul veers into the kerb after Charles had gotten close enough to shoot out one of its tyres. Ray and Ron Glenister provide the location as Castellain Road, Maida Vale, London W9 where Sunderland Avenue intersects. Found they say, 'to the efforts of others' and point out that the telephone box is still there. (RL)

A slightly off angle Google Earth View from Ray and Ron in July 2019 to support their findings until someone is in the area... a better angle perhaps replaces the Google but it's the wrong season for a really decent view to compare. SJ

Charles arriving at the scene. As with Capture 26, Castellain Road near the junction with Sutherland Ave looking towards Elgin Avenue, though judging by the parked cars, it was not shot at the same time says Denis Hoare. (RL)

The trees continue to lean but still thrive. SJ

Charles walking towards the stopped Ford Consul.

Denis Hoare provided Castellain Road near the junction with Sutherland Ave looking towards Elgin Avenue and supported with a Google Earth View in Aug 2018, now replaced by SJ.

Charles watching over Henrik after a visit to a Government Research Centre.

The research scientist waves goodbye to Charles and Henrik.

The start of Henrik's heavily escorted trip to the docks. Richard Lovejoy identifies this as outside the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane W1 with Pitts Head Mews in the background which has since seen redevelopment.

The new look now. SJ

Two police Triumph Thunderbird motorcycles lead the convoy. Looking to the east on Piccadilly located by SJ.

Green Park on the right. SJ

The convoy continues into an underpass on the way to the docks. Heading into the underpass that connects Knightsbridge with Piccadilly beneath Hyde Park Corner.

I didn't venture into the underpass, so this is in front of it. SJ

The convoy enters the underpass in London. Panning to bring the Wellington Monument into view to the top. SJ.

Again not actually in the underpass but one can just see the top of the monument here. SJ

The convoy emerging at speed from the underpass. Appearing to face west on Knightsbridge SW1A identified by SJ.

Rather awkward to replicate. SJ

Meanwhile, amongst the dock buildings an attacker waits in the first floor window. Shad Thames in London SE1. The area in seen in numerous production including 'The French Lieutenants Woman', 'Clegg', 'Give My Regards To Broad Street', 'Terry On The Fence', 'Pool of London' and 'The Alf Garnett Saga'. (PW)

Some people call it gentrification. (RL)

And just around the corner, another assailant waits in front of a 1955 Bedford A Type lorry. The corner of Shad Thames and Curlew Street. (PW)

No assailants when I was there only joggers! (RL)

Having been shot during the ambush, Julia lies on the ground while Henrik walks off with some important cases in his hands. Facing east on Shad Thames. (PW)

As near to the ground as I was prepared to go in public. (RL)

Henrik finds a heliport and a helicopter approaches with someone on board that Henrik knows very well. This is Westland Heliport, previously known as Battersea Heliport and now London Heliport, on Bridges Court SW11.

The helicopter flies away with the important cases onboard while Charles arrives and takes aim at the helicopter. Westland Heliport with the chimneys of Fulham Power Station filling the skyline.

Charles fires shots at the helicopter. in front of the In front of the since demolished and redeveloped Crown Wharf Cold Stores.

Charles watches as the helicopter starts to fall from the sky . . . . Westland Heliport on the banks of the Thames in Battersea SW11.

. . . . and eventually crashes just beyond the bridge. Battersea Reach with Battersea Railway Bridge crossing the river.

Charles runs away from the heliport being pursued by someone intent on killing him. Ray Glenister provides the location, Horseshoe Alley from Bankside, Southwark. (RL)

All swept away with this doorway on the entrance to the former Horseshoe Alley. SJ

Charles, injured, continues to elude his pursuer through the dockland streets. Ron Glenister apparently became "stuck into" this one and successfully came up with Bull Wharf Lane off Upper Thames Street, looking south and Bull Wharf. All now lost, totally absorbed into re-development. (RL)

Bull Wharf is now lost to a glass-dominated development, which is out of shot to the right. This is Kennett (formerly Kennet) Wharf Lane which runs parallel to Bull Wharf close-by to the east so, torn between a comparison of a foreground or background, I opted for the latter. SJ

Looking for a place to hide and reload his gun, Charles heads towards a pile of boxes. Ray Glenister has persuaded brother Ron out of "retirement" and together they provide this location, High Timber Street, London EC4 looking towards Broken Wharf, more of which appears in 'Inadmissible Evidence'. (RL)

This is the view now looking west. On the right is Upper Thames Street, the widening of which lost the north side of High Timber Street but the south part, the newly built pale ochre buildings in the centre, roughly follows the line of the street which runs to Broken Wharf which also exists in name only. SJ

Charles's pursuer rounds the corner. Ray and Ron say that the corner of Darkhouse Lane and Upper Thames Street, London EC4. (RL)

This is a wider shot to show the changes, modelled by a random Lime Bike, taken from Upper Thames Street. Darkhouse Lane would have run from in front of the concrete support down through the middle of the building to the Thames. To the right runs the new Stew Lane. SJ

The pursuer heads towards where Charles is waiting. Looking north on Darkhouse Lane, London EC4 prove Ray and Ron. (RL)

This is the best one can do with at least the correct direction. Stew Lane is now established slightly west of where Darkhouse Lane once was. SJ

Charles finally gets his man. Between Darkhouse Lane looking east towards buildings in Queenhithe, London EC4 established by Ray and Ron. (RL)

Another best one can do. Looking east onto the modern looking Queenhithe. SJ