£20,000 Kiss, The (An Edgar Wallace Mystery)
Date: 1963
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Production Company: Merton Park Studios
Stars: Dawn Addams, Michael Goodliffe, Richard Thorpe, Anthony Newlands, Alfred Burke
Location(s): London
Region(s): London T-Z
Storyline:
A politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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After Sir Harold Trevitt and Maxine Hagen are photographed kissing in her flat, a taxi brings private detective John Durran to the home of Paula Blair.
- Capture 2
- 21 Feb 2022
John Durran (Richard Thorp) makes his way to meet with Chief Inspector Jimmy Waveney. Victoria Embankment in SW1 with Hungerford Bridge in the right distance.
Looking north. SJ
- Capture 3
- 21 Feb 2022
Inside Scotland Yard, Durran asks his old pal for assistance in the case of Paula Blair blackmailing Maxine Hagen. The Norman Shaw Buildings of New Scotland Yard seen from Victoria Embankment.
Not the usual shot of this oft seen building. SJ
- Capture 4
- 25 Feb 2022
Columnist Charles Pinder heads to see Sir Harold at his apartment. Albemarle off Wimbledon Park Side in SW19.
The same, very recognisable, location taken by Peter Bywaters.
- Capture 5
- 25 Feb 2022
Turning before parking his Bristol 406, Charles Pinder (Paul Whitsun-Jones) makes his way into the politician's home where he is entertaining his fiancée Ursula Clandon along with her parents Lord and Lady Clandon. On the left is the entrance to numbers 17 to 26 Albemarle in Wimbledon.
Taking this comparison, Peter Bywaters found it hard to believe that there had been 59 intervening years.
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As the blackmailing continues, Durran keeps watch on Paula Blair's flat.
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Crossing the road, Durran enters the building where he's let inside by Sir Harold who shows him Paula's dead body.
- Capture 8
- 25 Feb 2022
Photographers and Journalists gather outside Sir Harold's home on the day of his wedding to Ursula. Albemarle off Wimbledon Park Side in SW19. The building also features in 'Death Trap'.
Peter Bywaters found no wedding party when he visited.
- Capture 9
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In flashback, as Inspector Waveney outlines events leading to the murder of the young woman and her accomplice Leo Hagan, Sir Harold Trevitt (Michael Goodliffe) is seen walking up to Paula Blair's flat.