Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Date: 1971
Director: Curtis Harrington
Production Company: American International Pictures (AIP), Hemdale

Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Judy Cornwell, Michael Gothard
Location(s): Surrey

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Storyline:

A demented widow living in a mansion becomes obsessed with a young orphan girl who resembles her dead daughter.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

Also known as ‘Who Slew Auntie Roo’ (US Title)

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Mr. Benton pulls up at the gates of Forrest Grange where lonely widow Mrs. Rosie Forrest lives. The gates to Littleton Park House on Squire's Bridge Road, Shepperton in Surrey.

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A light illuminates in the Lodge when the fake psychic sounds his horn. The Lodge that once stood inside the gateway of Littleton Park House. The building can also be seen in 'On the Fiddle', 'The House that Dripped Blood', 'The Night We Got the Bird' and 'Nothing Barred'.

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Mr. Benton (Ralph Richardson) draws up outside Mrs. Forrest's mansion. Dressed for the production, this is Littleton Park House at Shepperton Studios in Surrey.

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Katy Coombs (Chloe Franks) looks out from the window of the orphanage where she and her brother Christopher live.

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Children play in the courtyard of the council run orphanage as a carriage arrives.

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Miss Henley (Rosalie Crutchley) reads out the names of the ten children selected to visit Mrs. Rosie "Auntie Roo" Forrest for her annual Christmas party at Forrest Grange.

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On Christmas Eve, Police Inspector Ralph Willoughby (Lionel Jeffries) drives the chosen orphans to Forrest Grange accompanied by Dr. Mason (Pat Heywood).

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Reaching their destination, Cara Liney, Robin Christie, Reggie Pike, Jonathan Hughes, Peter Brookshire, Angela Barnes, Bertha Jones, Sally Denham. Fredrika and her brother Frank Philmore get out of the car. Littleton Park House at Shepperton Studios.

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Climbing out of the car's boot, Christopher Coombs (Mark Lester) and his sister Katy make their way into the house. Littleton Park House, a building that can be seen in numerous other films including 'The Spy with a Cold Nose', 'Allez France', 'The Green Man', 'The Last Chapter', 'The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery', 'Make Mine a Million' and 'The Earth Dies Screaming'.

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Following presents and games on Christmas Day, the Children are let into the grounds of Forrest Grange to play in the snow. The long demolished balustrade and pavilion stood alongside the River Ash in Littleton Park, Surrey and can also be seen in 'The Asphyx', 'Witchcraft', 'The Trygon Factor', 'The Oblong Box', 'A French Mistress' and 'Follow Me'.

Andy Waller returned to the site of the pavilion at sunset.

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After Katy goes missing following the discovery of sinister occurrences at the house, Aunt Roo is blackmailed by her butler Albie. Littleton Park House at Shepperton Studios in Surrey.

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Inspector Willoughby directs a search of the house and grounds to find Katy.