Young and Innocent
Date: 1937
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Production Company: Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Stars: Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby
Location(s): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall
Region(s): South East R-Z, South West
Storyline:
A young man on the run from a murder charge enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘The Girl Was Young’ (US Title)
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- Capture 1
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An argument between actress Christine Clay and her ex-husband Guy ends in violence the night before her body is washed up on the beach near their home at fictional Reresby.
- Capture 2
- 09 Oct 2021

Robert Tisdall (Derrick De Marney) heads towards the corpse he spots on the shore. Facing north on the beach at Porthcothan Bay in Porthcothan, Cornwall.

Lionel and Cynthia Sear are once again venturing out for the benefit of ReelStreets, and clearly 'social distancing'., provide us with this view of the east side of the cove. (RL)
- Capture 3
- 09 Oct 2021

Moments later, Elsie (Anna Konstam) and Helen (Peggy Simpson) walk onto the sand where they find Christine's lifeless form along with the belt from a man's raincoat. A closer view of the cliff on the north side of Porthcothan Bay.

As the capture text says "a closer view" from Lionel and Cynthia.
- Capture 4
- 09 Oct 2021

The two bathers rush to the body before catching sight of Robert as he runs for help. Looking south on the beach at Porthcothan Bay in Cornwall.

A view of the west side from Lionel and Cynthia that reveals a sizable chunk of rock missing and the extent of coastal erosion in the last 83 years. (RL)
- Capture 5
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Taken into custody and questioned about Christine Clay's murder, Robert escapes from the Magistrates' Court before being pursued by a Sergeant, a Constable and Erica Burgoyne, the Chief Constable's daughter, in her car.
- Capture 6
- 22 Oct 2021

As the Policemen continue their hunt by horse and cart, Robert helps to push Erica's broken down Morris into a village. Hambleden in Buckinghamshire identified by Rebel Blair.

The tree disappeared a long time ago. SJ
- Capture 7
- 22 Oct 2021

Two gallons of petrol ensure that Robert can continue towards Tom's Hat, a roadhouse where he believes his raincoat was stolen. More of Hambleden located by Rebel Blair. The village is no stranger to the silver screen, being used as a location for numerous productions including 'The Avengers', 'A Month in the Country', 'Into the Woods', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Child's Play', 'A Bunch of Amateurs’, ‘The Black Cat’ and ‘Hampstead’.

And again. SJ
- Capture 8
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Along the road from the village, Erica pulls into the driveway of a deserted water mill. This looks a little flat to be a real mill.
- Capture 9
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After Erica returns with food, the Sergeant Ruddock (H.F. Maltby) and a Constable (John Miller) arrive to search the mill where the accused man is hiding. This place looks real enough.
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As the Policemen search the lower floor of the mill, Robert and Erica climb from an upper window.
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Erica and Robert head to her car and make their escape.
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The two drive away before Erica realises that they have left her dog behind.
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Towser runs after the car followed by the Sergeant and his Constable.
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Reaching a fork in the road, Erica takes the route towards Crompton after finding the road to town blocked by roadworks.
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Erica Burgoyne (Nova Pilbeam) brings her Morris to a halt outside Tom's Hat on the story's Crompton Road.
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Robert heads for the door as a fight spills from the carman's shelter after Erica enters to enquire about the coat.
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On the way to Gilchester to find Will the China Mender, Erica and Robert stop off at her Aunt's house. Heatherden Hall at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire.
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While Erica is inside the house, Robert finishes writing a note just before her Uncle Basil arrives. Heatherden Hall appears as a location in many films including ‘Nothing But the Night’, 'The Beast in the Cellar', ‘A Stitch in Time’, ‘Carry On Again Doctor’, ‘Carry On Camping’, ‘The First Great Train Robbery’, ‘Bitter Harvest’, ‘The Iron Maiden’, ‘Consuming Passions’, ‘The Ghoul' and ‘The Early Bird’.
- Capture 19
- 21 Jun 2022

When Aunt Margaret suspects something isn't right, she phones Erica's father who alerts the Sergeant at Leamingly. Facing the Swan Inn on High Street in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Antony Blair returned to the location 85 years on.
- Capture 20
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Policemen turn out to join the hunt after the Sergeant recognises Robert as the escaped prisoner. Sam Denham identifies this as the Coach House next to the old stable block at Heatherden Hall in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, a building that also appears in 'Carry On Don't Lose Your Head', 'The House in Nightmare Park', 'The Vulture', 'Island of Terror' and 'Quest for Love'.
- Capture 21
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As Erica drives Robert and Will the China Mender away from the railway sidings, the police car hurries to catch up with them.
- Capture 22
- 06 May 2022

Held up by a passing train on a level crossing, the police car turns to find the gate of the railway yard blocked by a milk tanker. Looking out from the cattle loading area at Twyford station onto Station Road in Twyford, Berkshire with The Royal Station Hotel in the background. The hotel has been demolished and replaced by residential accommodation thoughtfully named Royal Station Court.

Andrew Price captures the scene now showing that the railway yard is now the station car park.
- Capture 23
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When the train clears the crossing, the Police resume their pursuit. One of several sequences featuring models of the railway and its environs.
- Capture 24
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Colonel Burgoyne (Percy Marmont), Detective Inspector Kent (John Longden) and two Police Officers close in on the Grand Hotel where Christine Clay's Murderer is playing drums in a dance band. Looking west along what is now named Goldfinger Avenue at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire.

