Chiltern Hundreds, The
Date: 1949
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Production Company: George H. Brown Productions, Two Cities Films
Stars: Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Essex
Region(s): South East A-D
Storyline:
A young viscount manages to to get leave from the Army on the pretense of standing in the next election but his aim is to marry his sweetheart.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘The Amazing Mr. Beecham’ (US Title)
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
The Earl of Lister takes a pot shot at some rabbits before getting ready to go to the station. St. Osyth’s Priory in the village of St. Osyth near Clacton on Sea in Essex
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
At the station, the Earl and Countess are to meet their son Lieutenant Viscount Tony Pym, who is travelling home from National Service in Belgium. St. Osyth’s Priory was founded by the Bishop of London Richard de Belmeis in around 1121.
- Capture 3
- 05 May 2017
June Farrell drives Joe and Molly Lister and their butler Beecham to the station. Denham railway station off North Orbital Road, Denham Green in Buckinghamshire.
A modern comparison of Denham station approach road. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 05 May 2017
Joe (A. E. Matthews) helps Molly (Marjorie Fielding) from the car as Benjamin Beecham (Cecil Parker) continues onto the platform to meet the new Maid. Outside Denham station.
A row of recycling bins stand in for the long gone huts. (PW)
- Capture 5
- 05 May 2017
The Earl of Lister strides onto the platform. The Up, London bound, platform at Denham station in Buckinghamshire. The station was also seen in ‘Man in the Moon’, 'Dark Places', 'No Smoking' and ‘This Happy Breed’.
From a similar viewpoint. (PW)
- Capture 6
- 05 May 2017
Stepping from the train, Tony Pym (David Tomlinson) greets his mother and his fiancée June Farrell (Helen Backlin). The railway carriage stands in a short bay platform at the east end of the station.
And this is what's behind the carriage today. (PW)
- Capture 7
- 05 May 2017
When the carriage moves away, Pym’s political campaigners are revealed and the young Viscount is given a cheer. This is looking across the loading dock at Denham station with the weighbridge hut to the extreme left.
With little to go on, this is roughly the same view now. (PW)
- Capture 8
- 05 May 2017
June pulls her intended away as a speech begins. Across the tracks stands the Down platform at Denham. The platform is now defunct, being truncated and replaced by a new one that clumsily occupies the space where the fast lines once ran.
See what I mean. (PW)
- Capture 9
- 05 May 2017
Standing against Pym, Cleghorn (Tom Macaulay) campaigns for the Socialists. Bottom left can be seen part of the roof belonging to the station’s weighbridge hut.
This is the only structure in the location. (PW)
- Capture 10
- 20 Nov 2019
As they canvas for support in East Milton, Pym and June knock on doors. Village Road in Denham, opposite Winton House and The Pyghtle.
Antony found the same house with a few alterations and the ivy still in place!
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
Tony returns to Lister Castle after losing the election by 2000 votes. St. Osyth’s Priory in Essex.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
The camera pans with the car as it crosses the courtyard.
- Capture 13
- 05 May 2017
Accepting a invitation to Lister Castle, Mr. Cleghorn, the Socialist MP, arrives in East Milton. This is the loading bay at Denham station in Buckinghamshire.
The site of the former bay platform. (PW)
- Capture 14
- 14 Mar 2025
Tony Pym drives Cleghorn back to Lister Castle. The Gatehouse to St. Osyth Priory seen from The Bury in St. Osyth.
Lyndon Crampton provides this comparison in which the tree in front of the gatehouse has grown somewhat!
- Capture 15
- 'Now' required
Following a by-election caused by Cleghorn becoming a peer, villagers arrive for the East Milton Fete and Flower Show. The Priory’s Gatehouse which dates from the late 1400s.
- Capture 16
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The crowds enjoy the day before yet another new MP for the constituency makes his speech. St. Osyth’s Priory, St. Osyth to the west of Clacton on Sea in Essex.