Never Mention Murder (An Edgar Wallace Mystery)

A ferry brings newly wed couples to "The Honeymoon Island". This is the port of Newhaven in Sussex.

Viewed from the end of the East Pier. On the right is the lighthouse which was replaced in 2006. I tried a matching shot to include the ferry but the huge Transmanche ferry blocked out the entire background.(SD)

Travelling on his own, Felix Carstairs reads a newspaper on deck. Newhaven, looking towards the English Channel at the mouth of the River Ouse.

Felix's Mini van is unloaded from the ferry. East Wharf in Newhaven with the southern end of the platforms at Newhaven Marine station behind the warehouses to the left.

Newhaven Marine station was demolished in May 2017. The site is closed to the public, but In September 2017 I was able to gain access. (SD)

After being driven along the quay, the vehicle is handed over to Felix Carstairs (Brian Haines). The quayside at East Wharf with the mouth of the River Ouse on the right.

The station site in September 2017. Newhaven Marine station was also seen in 'The Adventures of Jane'. (SD)

Tony Sorbo (Michael Coles) and his lover Liz Teasdale set out from the port's marina in a hired boat. Newhaven Harbour can also be seen in 'Tim Driscoll's Donkey' and 'Bachelor of Arts'.

The Lifeboat House on the left has been replaced by flats and the Harbour Watch House in the middle has been replaced by a seating area. (SD)

Across the river, the Boat Hire Manager sees Felix before giving a thumbs up.

After my previous attempt I decided that the only way to get a more accurate shot was from a boat. (SD)

Felix gets into his van as Tony and Liz leave the river and head out to sea. Seaford Bay with Bishopstone in the distance and Newhaven's East Pier to the left.

The only possible way to get this shot was to take a boat trip. (SD)

Driving along a breakwater, Felix follows the couple as they speed across the bay. Looking across Seaford Bay from the West Breakwater.

The West Breakwater was closed in 2008 due to safety concerns. This was taken through a gap in the fence. It also means that comparison shots for captures 7 and 9 are currently not possible. (SD)

Newhaven's West Pier with the cliffs of Fort Hill in the right distance.

The camera pans with Felix's Mini van before he stops at the end of the breakwater and tunes in a radio to listen to Tony and Liz's conversation whilst filming. The West Breakwater of Newhaven Harbour in Sussex.

The closed West Breakwater viewed through a gap in the fence. (SD)

Cabaret performer Tony Sorbo and Liz Teasdale (Maxine Audley) part company after a romantic interlude in her car. Taggs Island in the River Thames near Hampton, Surrey.

Facing north west from the area which was the car park for the island hotel. (SD)

Liz spots her husband Philip Teasdale (Dudley Foster) arrive at the hotel where Tony is working. The former Thames Riviera Hotel on Taggs Island which had survived under several names until demolition in 1971. Nick Boorman advises that interiors featuring a gang fight seen early in 'A Clockwork Orange' were shot in the hotel's ballroom.

After the hotel was demolished the island remained abandoned until 1980. In 1982 the new owners excavated a lagoon in the middle of the island including the site of the hotel. (SD)

Felix makes an excuse to sit and speak with Zita Sorbo (Pauline Yates). Outside the hotel on Taggs Island in the River Thames near Hampton, in the county of Middlesex until the year of this production's release.

The lagoon was used for an extra 20 houseboats. The houseboat on the left is number 52. (SD)

Having arranged a meeting to discuss payment, Philip Teasdale approaches Felix's Mini on the cliffs along the coast. This is Peacehaven Cliffs in Sussex. (SD)

This is the closest match to the view that is possible after nearly sixty years of erosion. (SD)

Knocking the private detective out with chloroform and letting off the handbrake, Philip pushes the car to set it careering towards the cliff edge. Peacehaven Cliffs. Also seen in 'Seamonsters', and very near to The Highway seen in 'Jigsaw'. (SD)

Although the original section of cliff has long since fallen away this does look very similar. (SD)