Solitary Child, The
Date: 1958
Director: Gerald Thomas
Production Company: Beaconsfield Productions, British Lion Films
Stars: Philip Friend, Barbara Shelley
Location(s): Buckinghamshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
A young woman’s marriage to a gentleman farmer, acquitted of murdering his first wife, almost leads to her own untimely end.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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A Reporter and his Photographer stand ready as Captain James Random (Philip Friend) leaves the Registry Office with his new wife Harriet (Barbara Shelley). Beaconsfield Studios on Station Road in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
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Comments are made about the gentleman farmer and his connection with a shooting on his Dorset farm. Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield which also appear in also seen in ‘The Fast Lady’, ‘Time Lock’, ‘Seven Keys’, ‘You Lucky People’ and ‘Orders are Orders’.
The same window captured by Jon Wennington.
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Night has already fallen when James and Harriet arrive at the farm.
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The morning after Harriet discovers her husband's daughter Maggie hiding in a cupboard, Cyril (Jack Watling) returns to the farm in his Morris Minor Traveller.
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Ann (Sarah Lawson) drives away after speaking with her sister-in-law Harriet.
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The camera follows the Morris while Harriet takes in what has been said about James shooting his first wife Eva.
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As Ann turns to leave the farmyard, Archie (John Fabian) drives into view.
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Archie swings his MG Roadster towards where Harriet is standing outside the house.