Around the World in 80 Days
Date: 1956
Director: Michael Anderson
Production Company: Michael Todd Company
Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Fernandel, John Mills, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, Frank Royde, Beatrice Lillie
Location(s): Bangkok (Thailand), Berkshire, Catalonia, Colorado (USA), East Pakistan, Eure-et-Loir, Hong Kong, Kansai region, Kantō region (Japan), London, Normandy, Oklahoma, Paris, Suez (Egypt), Val D'Oise, West Pakistan
Region(s): France, London A-B, N. America, Rest Of The World, South East A-D, Spain
Storyline:
Phileas Fogg wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, encountering exotic locales, unexpected obstacles, and colourful characters.
Additional Information:
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It's 1872 and Londoners promenade in Rotten Row SW1
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Inspection of the Guard takes place at Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk SW1.
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Spectators watch the ceremony at Wellington Barracks.
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- 29 Sep 2025
Phileas Fogg (David Niven) arrives at the Reform Club where he makes a bet that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. United Service Club, 116-119 Pall Mall in SW1. This closed in 1978 and the building subsequently occupied by the Institute of Directors.
Seen from other angles in Escape Route and Hammer the Toff. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
Jean Passepartout (Cantinflas) rides a penny-farthing bicycle. Upper Cheyne Row, looking west.
Glebe Place to the right is Monty's place in Withnail & I. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
Passepartout on Cheyne Row heading towards Glebe Place, nearing the junction with Upper Cheyne Row.
Approaching the corner also in Food for a Blush, So Evil My Love and The Fake. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
Passepartout has turned right into Upper Cheyne Row, facing east.
The wall to the wordy Catholic Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea is on the right. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
He rides along Upper Cheyne Row, facing east, with the gateway to no. 25 on the right.
West of the corner with Glebe Place and Cheyne Row. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
Passepartout eyes up a nursemaid. Victoria Square SW1, also seen in 'Howards End' and 'The Alphabet Murders'.
The railings were reinstated near the millennium. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
Passepartout arrives at the employment office, where he is taken on as Fogg's manservant. 5 Lower Grosvenor Place SW1.
Occupied by Belavia Belorusian Airlines for quite some time. SJ
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As Fogg and Passepartout set off for France, Parisians enjoy the view from Sacré Coeur, Montmartre, Paris.
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The pair arrive at Gare du Nord on Rue de Dunkerque in Paris 75010.
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Fogg and Passepartout board a horse-drawn taxi. Gare du Nord.
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The coachman (Fernandel) drives southward down the Rue De Castiglione. In the distance is the Colonne Vendome.
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They arrive at the Thomas Cook office. Rue de Rivoli, Paris, in the 1st arondissement.
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The reverse pov shows the Rue de Rivoli and the northern edge of the Jardin des Tuileries.
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The French village square from which Fogg takes off in a balloon is a Universal Studios set.
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The balloon sails over the Louvre Museum, Paris
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Gargoyles on Notre-Dame Cathedral watch the balloon as it flies over the Palais de Justice.
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The Louvre museum appears again on the right, but most of the capture appears to be a matte painting of Paris rooftops.
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As the balloon leaves Paris we see the Vendôme Column, Opera Garnier and Sacré Coeur in the distance.
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The balloon flies over some picturesque chateaux. Château de Saint-Georges Motel Eure, Normandy.
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The Château de Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir.
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Château de Vigny, Val D'Oise, France.
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They fly over the village of Vigny in the Val D'Oise.
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The balloon hops over The Pyrenees into Spain, where they disembark. The Pyrenees were represented by the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, California.
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A crowd has gathered in a Spanish square. Plaza Mayor, Conchin, Spain.
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Passepartout takes part in a bullfight. Plaza Mayor.
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They take a ship to Suez, Egypt...
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...and then on to the west coast of India. Unidentified location.
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Next, Fogg and Passepartout take a train from "Bombay". Sreemangal Railway Station in East Pakistan in 1956, now Bangladesh.
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They cross the Indus by train via the Lansdowne Bridge in Sukkur, Pakistan.
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The train travels past elephants in Lawachara National Park in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
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From Calcutta, the party sets off for Hong Kong, along the way taking in the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Fogg and Passepartout reach Hong Kong. The view here is taken from Cheung Chau, with Shek Kwu Chau island on the left.
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In Hong Kong Fogg gets delayed, and Passepartout makes a solo journey to Japan, with Mount Fuji in the distance.
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Passepartout visits the Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kamakura), Japan
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A maiden offers Passepartout a flower in the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple, Kamakura.
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Passepartout then samples the delights of the Heian Shrine in Kyoto..
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Passepartout wanders around the Heian Shrine complex, helping himself to free food and drink.
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After rejoining Passepartout, Fogg crosses the Pacific to San Francisco by steamer. The news reaches London. Unidentified location, possibly a set.
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The news reaches the royals. Windsor Castle, Berkshire.
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A "sporting lady" (Hermione Gingold) and her companion (Glynis Johns) discuss Fogg's wager over tea. The Grenadier, 18 Wilton Road SW1.
This is looking north-west with the passageway of Old Barrack Yard running off in the middle jsut beyond the tree. SJ
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Fogg's journey continues by train. The Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway running through the San Juan Mountains in South Colorado.
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The train gets held up by a buffalo stampede in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.
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After crossing the Atlantic to Liverpool and taking the train to London. Fogg decides to marry an Indian princess he rescued and sends Passepartout to find a preacher. He runs down Pelham Crescent SW7.
The work on no. 14 on the corner with Pelham Place still shows the wall and part of the column. SJ
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- 01 Oct 2025
Passepartout finds a preacher (Frank Royde). 12 Pelham Crescent. The crescent also appears in 'Conspirator', 'Trio', 'The Bitch', 'Seven Days to Noon' and 'Goodbye Mr Chips (1969)'
A new floral arrangement in the window box is the only change. SJ
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- 29 Sep 2025
With minutes to collect on his wager Fogg boards a cab outside his house. 42 Belgrave Square SW1.
Now occupied by the High Commission for Trinidad and Tobago. SJ
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- 06 Oct 2025
The coachman (John Mills) heads towards the Reform Club. Behind the horse is 31 Montpelier Square SW7. The square also features in 'I Believe in You', 'The Courtneys of Curzon Street' and 'Timeslip'.
The street 69 years later, some changes but still recognisable.
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- 06 Oct 2025
They continue past 33 Montpelier Square.
Today it's whiter with a black door.
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- 06 Oct 2025
The horse draws to a halt and refuses to continue. 35 Montpelier Square.
The mottled bricks remain.
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Disembarking the cab, Fogg travels on foot but is held up by a revivalist meeting and grabbed by its leader (Beatrice Lillie). Unidentified location.