Five Days
Date: 1954
Director: Montgomery Tully
Production Company: Hammer Films, Lippert Films
Stars: Dane Clark, Paul Carpenter, Thea Gregory, Cecile Chevreau
Location(s): Berkshire, London, Middlesex
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
Things go wrong when an almost bankrupt businessman blackmails his former friend to murder him so that his wife can collect his insurance and live a comfortable life.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘Paid to Kill’ (US Title)
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- 07 Nov 2023

The feature opens with a view towards Victoria Embankment in SW1 from Westminster Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the centre distance.

This spectacular drone shot from John Harwood speaks a thousand words about the changed skyline. (SJ)
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Cut to a shot of Whitehall, the distant Trafalgar Square and Scotland Yard, taken from the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament by the look of it.
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- 18 Nov 2021

Moving on, we find ourselves on Lombard Street alongside the Royal Exchange in EC3 with the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street to the top right.

I thought it unlikely that we are likely to achieve an overhead shot. (RL)
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Finally, we arrive on the street where Amalgamated Industries have their office. The Faraday Building on Queen Victoria Street in EC4 located by Richard Lovejoy with confirmation by Dave W. Also seen in Profile, Lavender Hill Mob
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A pan and tilt up the building finds the window behind which James Nevill is on the phone to his uncle Cyrus McGowan who reneges on a business deal. The Faraday Building on Queen Victoria Street also features in 'Profile' and 'The Lavender Hill Mob'.
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Blackmailing his former friend Paul Kirby into killing him when Amalgamated Industries faces bankruptcy, Nevill returns from a trip to Dublin.
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Leaving the terminal, Nevill walks towards the car park. Northolt Airport on West End Road in Ruislip, Middlesex recognised by Richard Lovejoy.
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A horn sounds before the company president spots the car in which his secretary Joan Peterson is waiting. Northolt Airport also appears in 'The Teckman Mystery', 'Highly Dangerous', 'Tiger by the Tail’, ‘The Six Men’ and ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’.
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Nevill approaches the car before getting in and driving back to the office in London where Cyrus McGowan finds him and gives him the good news that the deal in on. Northolt Airport on West End Road, Ruislip located by RL.
- Capture 10
- 05 Jul 2022

Unable to make contact with Kirby, Jim Nevill is shot after returning home to find his wife Andrea preparing to go out to the theatre with Peter Glanville. Clive Turner advises that the alley to the bottom right leads to Park Street in Windsor, Berkshire and can also be seen in 'The Last Page'.

Black Horse Yard on a sunny day, captured by Steve Randall.
- Capture 11
- 05 Jul 2022

Recovering from the attempt on his life, Jim takes a taxi to the Blackwall arches after receiving a note telling him where he can find Kirby. Goswell Lane in Windsor, Berkshire.

Steve Randall found little change here.
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- 05 Jul 2022

Jim pays the Cabbie who asks if he's sure this is where he wants to be dropped. The top of Goswell Lane, since renamed Goswell Hill.

The same spot taken by Steve Randall.
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- 05 Jul 2022

Walking down a narrow lane. Jim sets off to find Kirby. Facing west down Goswell Lane.

Changes are apparent in Steve Randall's view.
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- 05 Jul 2022

At the top of the hill, a saloon turns into the lane. Goswell Lane also appears in ‘On the Beat’, ‘Allez France!', ‘The Gambler and the Lady', ‘From Beyond the Grave', 'Whispering Smith Hits London', 'All Copers Are . . . ' and 'The Quatermass Xperiment' amongst other productions.

Steve Randall provides this comparison.
- Capture 15
- 05 Jul 2022

After the car almost knocks him down, Jim recovers himself. Goswell Lane running alongside Windsor & Eton Central station in Windsor.

A changed scene now, taken by Steve Randall.
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When the car returns, Jim squeezes through a locked gate in an effort to avoid being run over. The viaduct arches under Windsor & Eton Central station, but which ones exactly may remain a mystery.
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Fleeing through the tunnel beyond the arch, Jim climbs a wall as the car comes to a halt. Again, this seems to be one of the arches beneath Windsor & Eton Central station on the Bridgwater Terrace side.
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Escaping along a terrace, Jim makes his way to the bar where Kirby's girlfriend Eileen works. Bridgwater Terrace in Windsor, Berkshire.
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In the park, a band plays as Jim talks with Andrea after a third attempt to murder him. The bandstand in Hyde Park W2 identified by Richard Lovejoy who adds that the location also appears in 'Ring of Spies'.
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Moving away from the bandstand, Andrea Nevill (Thea Gregory) listens as her husband explains how he asked Kirby to kill him in order that she would be financially well off after the insurance was paid.
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Setting a trap at home for his would be executioner, Jim runs from the house when Andrea screams.

