Compelled
Date: 1960
Director: Ramsey Herrington
Production Company: Danziger Productions
Stars: Beth Rogan, Ronald Howard
Location(s): Hertfordshire, London, Middlesex
Region(s): London C-D, South East A-D
Storyline:
An engineer and ex-convict is blackmailed into assisting with a jewel theft.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
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Rain pours as a Ford Consul turns into the car park of the firm where engineer Paul Adams is working. Facing southward on Clarendon Road in Watford, Hertfordshire.
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
Fenton (John Gabriel) and Jug (Richard Shaw) enter the building to put a proposition to Paul. Number 46 Clarendon Road in Watford, which also appears in 'Sentenced for Life', 'The Great Van Robbery' and 'Innocent Meeting'.
- Capture 3
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Using the knowledge that neither his Wife nor his Employer know that Paul has served time, Fenton and Jug persuade him to accompany them.
- Capture 4
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The three men enter the bookshop that Fenton has bought as part of his plan to rob a nearby jewellers. The painted sign in the background mentions Dare Inglis Products and Du-Al House, which was in Harrow, Middlesex. Richard Lovejoy found that this is Byron Terrace where Dare Inglis Products and Du-Al House were at the rear of number 5 while Byron Court stands in the top left background. Greenhill Way now cuts through the buildings to the right.
- Capture 5
- 05 Oct 2025
Having recruited the reluctant Paul, Fenton makes his way to the target jewellers. Facing north on Hatton Garden in EC1 with buildings at the junction with Hatton Wall in the distance.
A similar view was seen in Robbery. SJ
- Capture 6
- 05 Oct 2025
Fenton checks out the basement of the jewellers. Hatton Garden, at the corner of St. Cross Street. which is also seen in 'The Secret Place' and 'The Diamond'.
The corner now. SJ
- Capture 7
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Suspecting that Fenton is planning out a robbery, Grimes (Jack Melford) walks towards the bookshop wanting a cut.
- Capture 8
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As Grimes leaves the bookshop one evening, Jug coshes him and drags his body into an alley.
- Capture 9
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A Constable takes notes as he questions the Man who found the crook's body.
- Capture 10
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Paul drives to the bookshop after telling his wife Carol about the heist.
- Capture 11
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In a blurry night scene, a Police car speeds towards the bookshop.
- Capture 12
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The camera pans with the vehicle to bring a block of flats into view.