Band of Thieves

Date: 1962
Director: Peter Bezencenet
Production Company: The Rank Organisation, Filmvale

Stars: Acker Bilk, Jimmy Thompson, Geoffrey Sumner, Jennifer Jayne, Maudie Edwards
Location(s): Buckinghamshire

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A prison Jazz Band are released to perform a series of concerts but it isn’t long before they are up to their old tricks and are back behind bars, much to the delight of the jazz loving governor.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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  • 04 Sep 2022

This is the prison where Acker Bilk and his Jazz Men play for their fellow inmates whilst serving their sentences. Likely to be a stock shot as this is HM Prison Lincoln on Greetwell Road in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The frontage is also seen in 'The Promise' as well as 'They Knew Mr. Knight'.

Ivy-free and a couple of chimneys down now. SJ

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The Chief Warder (Michael Peake) begrudgingly helps to load instruments onto a bus when Acker and his band, vowing to go straight, are released to play in the country's prisons.

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Clifford the Governor (Geoffrey Sumner) stands next to Duchess Daphne (Maudie Edwards) as she watches the band set off.

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The bus drives 'The Band of Thieves' away on their tour.

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  • 16 Nov 2020

Getaway waits outside Mrs.Van Der Ness's home as Dandy breaks into the safe inside. Heatherden House at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. The location features in 'From Russia With Love', 'A Stitch in Time', 'Connecting Rooms', 'The Iron Maiden', 'Carry On Up the Khyber', 'The Ghoul', 'Bitter Harvest' and many other productions.

Without ivy. But a fresh coat of paint. RJ