Don’t Say Die

Date: 1950
Director: Vivian Milroy
Production Company: X Productions

Stars: Charles Heslop, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Sandra Dorne
Location(s): Kent, London

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Storyline:

A penniless nobleman and his faithful butler travel to Ireland to take up residence at an inherited castle.

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Notified that he has inherited a castle in Ireland from his late uncle, Lord Blarney, the Honourable Bertram Blarney and his faithful butler Choosey take a taxi to the station. The Euston Place entrance to Euston terminus on Drummond Street NW1.

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Escaping from bills, banks and bailiffs, the pair board the train for the first leg of their journey. This appears to be looking along platforms 12 and 13 towards the concourse at Euston station.

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When their 1st class compartment is plunged into darkness while passing through a tunnel, Bertie and Charles exchange their 3rd class ticket for the 1st class ones that the Ticket Inspector is holding. The eastern portal of the fast line Primrose Hill Tunnel in NW1.

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Suffering a bumpy journey by road, Bertie and Charles arrive at Blarney Castle. The Gatehouse to Tonbridge Castle off Castle Street in Tonbridge, Kent.

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Sporting drawn on pencil moustaches, the Honourable Bertram Blarney (Desmond Walter-Ellis) and Charles Choosey (Charles Heslop) peddle 110% proof whiskey on a street corner after returning to England. The corner of St. Mary Abbots Place and Kensington High Street W8.

A lot more clutter at this corner but the postbox is still there. SJ

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Across the street stand smugglers O'Toole (Denis McCarthy) and McClusky (Harry Lane) who have followed the contraband whiskey from Ireland. Facing number 3 St. Mary Abbots Place, part of Viking Film Studios in Kensington. The property was demolished and replaced in around 1990.

Rebuilt but the same "feel." SJ

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Picking up their trunk full of whiskey, Bertie and Charles make a run for it. St. Mary Abbots Place also features in 'The Stranger Left No Card', 'I'm a Stranger' and 'Meet Mr. Malcolm'.

Recognisable in parts. SJ