Cry Wolf (Children’s Film Foundation)

Mary Quinn (Mary Burleigh) sets out on her paper round. The corner of Fort Road and Fort Hill in Margate, Kent with the Harbour in the right distance.

Mark Pearson found the shop still open, although selling different items.

The young girl freewheels down the hill from her Mother's corner shop. Fort Hill in Margate. The background buildings have been replaced with residential flats . . .

. . . as can be seen in Mark's comparison.

Approaching the house where her friend Tony Walker lives, Mary whistles up at his window.

Tony opens the front door to see Mary holding up the newspaper's headline about his Father deputising for the Mayor during a visit by a Commonwealth Prime Minister.

After taking breakfast in bed to his parents, Tony Walker (Anthony Kemp) makes his way to the sea front. The Rendezvous in Margate with Arlington House in the left distance.

A not dissimilar horizon.

Gazing across the sand, the young lad watches a Man playing with his dog on the beach. The Rendezvous in Margate with the Harbour Arm to the right.

Paving has taken the place of tarmac.

Imagining that he also has a dog, Tony throws an invisible stick. Looking towards The Parade from The Rendezvous.

Mark Pearson found that alterations have taken place.

Tony pets his make-believe dog. The Rendezvous in Margate.

Necessary or not, the railings make the harbour safer.

When he bumps into her a little later, Mary is persuaded to play with Tony's fictional friend.

Nearby, a Delivery Man (Wilfrid Brambell) cycles along the road.

The Delivery Man is helped up after falling from his bike when Tony cries for him to look out for his dog.

After reading about another bank robbery in the Daily Express, Tony makes his way to the Imperial Bank. The front of the former Odeon cinema on London Road in Isleworth, Greater London.

Mark found changes but the building remains in use.

Tony arrives outside the bank where Hobson (Ian Hendry) is waiting. Outside the former cinema at the corner of London Road and Harvard Road in Isleworth, Greater London. The Odeon closed in January 1957 and was converted into a film studio known as Isleworth Studios which concentrated on making advertisements.

A similar view along London Road.

Hobson approaches Ronan's car as it slows to park. Looking along London Road in Isleworth with the junction of Spring Grove Road and Clifton Road in the distance.

The same corner and the same houses in the centre background.

With his suspicion raised, Tony watches Ronan (Walter Gotell) and Hobson as they open a door at the side of the building. Facing north from the corner of London Road and Harvard Road.

Hardly recognisable.

Tony creeps towards the door as the two men close it behind them after gaining entry. The corner of Harvard Road and London Road in Isleworth.

More alterations to the building.

Spotting an open window Tony moves a tea chest into position to get a look inside the building. The side of the former Odeon on Harvard Road. The film studio moved out of the building in 2001 and the auditorium block seen here was demolished in May 2002.

Nothing of the past survives in Mark's comparison.

Martin (Martin Beaumont) and Mary ask Tony what he's doing. Facing north on Harvard Road, Isleworth. The telephone kiosk appears to have been a prop.

Prop or not, there's no evidence now.

While Martin thinks that Tony's explanation about the bank robbery is a fairy tale, Mary calls the police and a squad car soon arrives. Looking from Harvard Road onto London Road, a scene that also appears in 'Her Private Hell'.

A modern shot of the junction.

Inspector Blake (Alfred Bell) appears from the building with Mr. Hobson and Mr. Ronan of the Borough Surveyors department. Outside the former Odeon at the corner of Harvard Road and London Road in Isleworth. The front entrance block of the cinema was retained and incorporated into a new block of flats built on the site.

Mark faced the same way for this view.

The Delivery Man leaves the house next to where Tony lives.

After Tony bumps into him whilst running home, the Delivery Man asks if he's chasing another invisible dog.

At the Town Hall, Jim Walker (Maurice Kaufmann) prepares to rehearse the ceremony he'll be presiding over. Osterley Park House in Osterley Park, Isleworth, Greater London.

The steps without a red carpet.

The rehearsal gets underway with Perkins playing the part of the visiting dignitary. Osterley Park House also appears in ‘The Grass is Greener’, 'On the Fiddle', ‘An Alligator Named Daisy’, ‘Billion Dollar Brain’ and ‘A Study in Terror’.

A closer shot by Mark.

Taking a copy of the newspaper featuring his Dad, Tony runs to find him. Facing the main mansion at Osterley Park.

It was a sunnier day when Mark arrived on the scene.

Tony bumps into Stella (Judy Cornwell) on the road. The courtyard of the Stable Block at Osterley Park House.

The same corner of the background building.

Stella explains that she works for a magazine. The front right hand side of Osterley Park House, now known simply as Osterley House, which originally dates from the 1570s and was remodelled between 1761 and 1765 after falling into disrepair.

Antony Blair returned to the location for this shot.

Leaving the journalist, Tony walks towards his Father and hands over the paper. Facing the Stable Block from the front of Osterley Park House.

The Stable Block seen from the foot of the steps at Osterley House.

Told not to come to the Town Hall after the Inspector explains to his Dad what happened at the bank earlier, Tony wanders off towards a warehouse. The Stable Block at Osterley Park.

A good match from Mark.

Discovering two Men in the warehouse after hearing glass break in an upper window, Tony returns with Stella to investigate. Looking into the courtyard of the Stable Block from the stairway entrance.

Unable to gain access through the doorway, Mark had his back to the wall for this shot.

Stella drives Tony to the police station. Facing the junction of Fort Hill, Fort Lower Promenade and Fort Crescent from the car park of the Police Station in Margate.

The camera follows the Mink Moke. Panning left brings more of Fort Hill into frame.

Mark returned to the location 53 years on.

Looking beyond Fort Hill the Harbour can be made out as well as, to the left, the shop at the corner of Fort Road seen at the start of the film.

Taken without trespassing in the grounds of the police station.

Continuing to move left, the shot enters the car park of the Police Station on Fort Hill.

Mark looked over the boundary fence.

Of course, the brewery buildings in the background have been demolished and replaced.

Stella parks outside the police station telling Tony that this is a job for Special Branch. Facing Margate Police Station from the car park.

Returning after reporting the loss of her engagement ring, Stella lies that everything is taken care of before taking Tony to her flat to phone the story through to her editor. Seen from the Police Station car park, buildings at the corner of Fort Crescent and Fort Hill stand to the left of centre.

Pretending to feel sleepy after realising that he'd been given a drugged drink, Tony is led back to the Moke by Stella.

Tony listens as Stella speaks to the Men in the warehouse on a radio disguised as a camera.

Tony jumps out of the car and flees from Stella after attempting to take the camera.

As she leaves the house in a hurry, Mrs. Walker (Eileen Moore) listens another of Tony's tall stories.

Giving her son money to buy sweets, Muriel gets into the car with her Friends (Adrienne Corri and Janet Munroe).

Disappointed that his Mum didn't believe him, Tony watches her friend's Triumph drive away.

Having an idea, Tony heads for the sea front. The steps leading down from Ethelbert Crescent to Newgate Gap in Margate.

Now, without the shadow.

Bumping into Stella at the bottom of the steps, Tony makes a run for it. Looking towards the bridge carrying Ethelbert Crescent over Newgate Gap with Sweyn Road in the distance.

The surrounding area has seen changes.

Failing to shake his pursuer off at Mrs. Quinn's shop, Tony runs through the town after telling Mary and Martin what's going on. The Thanet Restaurant once occupied the corner of Albert Terrace and Marine Gardens.

Easily recognisable today.

The camera pans left with the action. Marine Gardens with Albert Terrace on the right.

Following no action whatsoever, Mark also pans left.

As the two cross the road, Stella gains on Tony. Marine Gardens with the Jubilee Clock Tower at the junction of Marine Terrace and Marine Drive to the centre.

Mark captured the original iron work to the left.

Cut to Margate's Jubilee Clock Tower, built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Looking even better now.

Stella follows Tony around the clock tower. The base of Margate’s Jubilee Clock Tower with Marine Gardens and the corner of Belgrave Road in the right background.

The livery remains the same.

The chase continues along the sea front. Looking along Marine Drive from the Clock Tower with the Harbour in the left distance.

Alterations to both pavement and roadway are apparent.

Stella follows Tony as he descends a flight of steps. North Foreland Lighthouse on North Foreland Road in Broadstairs, Kent. The lighthouse also appears in 'A Man's Affair'.

John Harwood visited Broadstairs and captured a similar sky. (SJ)

A stairway takes Tony and Stella onto a deserted beach.

The two run across the sand.

Looking down onto the beach, Mary watches Tony as he tries to escape from Stella.

Having locked Tony in a beach hut, Stella takes Mary's bike and cycles off to rescue the plan to kidnap the foreign Prime Minister. Facing The Rendezvous at the Harbour in Margate.

A rather bleak looking corner these days.

When Martin recognises Mary's bike, he rides off towards the beach. Looking north-east at the junction of The Rendezvous and Fort Hill.

The junction now.

Letting him out of his prison, Mary leads Tony back to the stairway.

Stella reaches the waiting ambulance which is part of the scheme. Antony Blair identifies this as looking north-east in the grounds of Osterley Park, behind the Stable Block and backing onto the Walled Gardens.

Proof of the find by Antony Blair.

Finding his pals, Martin gives them a lift on his bike and they set off to the Town Hall. Facing Fort Hill from the corner of The Rendezvous in Margate, Kent.

Replacement properties line the street.

With Stella on board, the ambulance negotiates its way through the gathering Crowd outside the Town Hall.

The Delivery Man straightens his hat as the three children approach on Martin's bicycle.

Fearing that he'll be knocked down, the Delivery Man takes cover behind a gate.

Peering through the ironwork of the gate, the Delivery Man sees Mary, Martin and Tony speed past.

At the Town Hall, Mr. Walker and Members of the Town Council awaits the arrival of the visiting Prime Minister. Osterley House in Osterley Park, Greater London.

Taken 53 years later from the front of Osterley house by Antony Blair.

Hidden in the nearby warehouse, Sam the Marksman targets the Prime Minister through the sight of his rifle. Looking past Osterley Park House in Isleworth with the Garden Lake in the distance.

A similar view by Antony Blair, without the need of a sight.