Cloudburst
Date: 1951
Director: Francis Searle
Production Company: Hammer Films
Stars: Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley, Sheila Burrell, Harold Lang
Location(s): Berkshire, London
Region(s): London C-D, South East A-D
Storyline:
A Canadian cryptographer working for the British Foreign Office searches for his wife’s killer after she is run down by a car.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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As the caption reads, London in 1946 where Cardew from the Foreign Office meets with Canadian war veteran Colonel John Graham as he works on breaking codes.
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John's beloved wife Carol drives him to his old school. Di continues her identification of "all things Windsor" to tell us that this is Common Lane, Eton in Berkshire looking towards the junction with Windsor Road. (RL)
The same corner. (SR)
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A light illuminates in the Headmaster's window.
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Getting out of the car, John (Robert Preston) and Carol Graham (Elizabeth Sellars) walk towards the building. Common Lane, Eton according to Di. (RL)
The same tree. (SR)
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From a different source, a fuzzy capture that was cut from the better print shows the background buildings as the pair continue towards the school. Common Lane, Eton once more Di points out. The College also features in ‘The Madness of King George’, 'Shakespeare in Love', ‘Fun at St. Fanny's’, ‘The Fourth Protocol’ and ‘Chariots of Fire’. (RL)
The scene today. (SR)
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The camera pans with John and Carol in another fuzzy image. Not too fuzzy for Di who confirms Common Lane, Eton once more, virtually where the car came to a halt earlier. (RL)
The courtyard behind the gates is also seen in 'Arabesque'. (SR)
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Arm in arm the couple walk towards the quad and into the cloister. Di Davies identifies this as Eton College, Windsor in Berkshire. (RL)
It's an archway in the same courtyard. (SR)
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John looks around as the two remember the codes that they used to sent each other before telling the school that their as yet unborn child will be attending in ten years time.
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The two drive into the country where a speeding car heads towards Carol after she falls to the road whilst trying to get out of the way.
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Searching for clues in an effort to find the driver who ran down and killed his wife, John arrives at a garage where he finds old colleague Jackie (Thomas Heathcote) at work.
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Having identified the murderer, the Colonel arrives at a remote farm to find ex-boxer Mickie Fraser who tells him that Lorna Dawson caused the accident.
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After killing Mickey by running him down in a narrow lane, John makes his escape from Lorna's darkened flat when Inspector Davis arrives.
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Inspector Davis (Colin Tapley) watches from a window as John drives away.
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John arrives back at the garage where Jackie works before heading home.
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Returning to the scene of his wife's death with Inspector Davis, John sees a car approaching that he discovers is carrying Lorna Dawson.
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Watched by John Graham, the Inspector leaves Scotland Yard.
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Getting into a waiting car, Inspector Davis is driven to the Commissioner's house for a conference.
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Carter, an old pal now working as a detective, comes across John outside Scotland Yard and the two go inside together.
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Lorna Dawson (Sheila Burrell) is led out of the story's Acton police station.
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The police car turns the corner next to the police station.
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In his faster vehicle, John overtakes the police car carrying Lorna to Windsor. For the moment Di Davies "has a hunch" that this is likely to have been Windsor Great Park. Let us hope that like "Columbo" her hunch is correct. (RL)
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From a little way ahead, John watches the police car come to a stand after running over a 'tyre burster' set in the road.