Watch Out (Children’s Film Foundation)

Date: 1953
Director: Don Chaffey
Production Company: Children's Film Foundation (CFF), Grendon Films

Stars: Peter Butterworth, John Levitt, Humphrey Kent, Harry Lane
Location(s): Surrey

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Storyline:

Slapstick trouble ensues when a handyman attempts to return a pocket watch.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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  • 07 Sep 2023

Delivering plants and flowers to the Town Hall, Dickie Duffle (Peter Butterworth) pauses outside the entrance to the Multi-Dimensional film studios when Tom (John Levitt) appears. Hurst Grove in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

The houses in Peter Bywaters' view have survived.

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Tom returns to the studios. The entrance to Nettlefold Studios on Hurst Grove.

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  • 07 Sep 2023

Arriving for a meeting, the Studio Manager Mr. Crossington drives towards Dickie. Looking north-west on Hurst Grove, a street that can also be seen in 'Fiend Without a Face', 'The Missing Note', 'Old Mother Riley Headmistress' and 'Track the Man Down'.

Peter Bywaters took this comparison in which the properties on the right of the screen capture are missing due to construction of Hepworth Way. At least the name remembers the original studios.

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  • 06 Jun 2023

Mr. Crossington (Humphrey Kent) gets back into his Allard after becoming entangled in the plants on Dickie's barrow. Facing numbers 16 and 14 on Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames.

John Harwood didn't find quite the same motor but did once meet Sydney Allard who indeed was driving an Allard. (SJ)

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The studio's Commissionaire (Harry Lane) refuses to allow Dickie inside as he tries to return Mr. Crossington's watch. Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.

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After several attempts, Dickie manages to make his way into the studio. Nettlefold Studios on Hurst Grove in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.