Terror, The (1938)
Date: 1938
Director: Richard Bird
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers, Henry Oscar, Iris Hoey, Stanley Lathbury, Lesley Wareing, Alastair Sim, John Turnbull, Richard Murdoch, Edward Lexy, Richard George, Irene Handl, Kathleen Harrison, David Keir, Jack Lambert, Bill Shine
Location(s): Hertfordshire, London
Region(s): London T-Z, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A group of criminals carry out a daring robbery of an armoured van. Two of the criminals are betrayed by the mastermind of the operation. After ten years in prison, they come out and search for the man behind the crimes who betrayed them. But the police are on their tail also wanting to find out who was behind the robbery.
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After seeing the gold shipment off loaded from the films ship ‘Megantic’ to an awaiting lorry, an almost certain set, we are presumably seeing the route that the lorry is or will be taking. As the lorry does not appear this is likely to be a stock shot. Unknown location
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Another unknown sector of the journey.
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Unknown location presumably preparing us for the proposed highjack of the lorry.
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The lorry runs into a cloud of gas set by ‘Soapy Marx’ (Alastair Sim), Joe Connor (Henry Oscar) and, as it turns out, Mr Goodman, and the gold is stolen. The theft hits the newspapers. After a ‘tip off’ Soapy and Joe are arrested and serve 10 years behind bars. During a series of blurred and indistinguishable backgrounds referencing their imprisonment we see The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square.
A solitary cone replaces the crowds early in the morning. SJ
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Trafalgar Square looking towards South Africa House and the Strand, WC2
A new lamppost. SJ
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We remain in Trafalgar Square now looking down Northumberland Avenue.
Early in the morning avoids the crowds but cannot escape the low-light on a sunny day. SJ
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Here distinguishable as Buckingham Palace.
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Perhaps a significant horse race winner. Do the jockeys 'colours' help?
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Footage from the 1937 Coronation of King George VI. The gates of Buckingham Palace.
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Superintendent Hallick (John Turnbull) interviews Soapy and Joe the day they are released and they still accuse ‘Mr Michael McShay’, known to the Superintendent, as being the third man behind the robbery. After their release action moves to ‘Monks Hall Priory’ the home of Col. Redmayne (Arthur Wontor) who has turned the Hall into a guest house. Grade II listed Hilfield Castle, Hilfield Lane, Patchetts Green, Aldenham, Herts. Also seen in ‘Murder at the Gallop’.
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Joe arrives at the Hall to see Col. Redmayne but is put off when he encounters two of the guests, Mr Goodman (Wilfrid Lawson) and Veronica Elvery (Lesley Wareing)
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The Colonels daughter Mary (Linden Travers) has arrived ‘home’ from Switzerland, from her room she can see the monks tomb that appears a few frames later. She awakes to the sound of an organ, as do the other guests and the film concludes with studio sets.