Floods of Fear
Date: 1958
Director: Charles Crichton
Production Company: The Rank Organisation
Stars: Howard Keel, Anne Heywood, Harry H. Corbett, John Crawford, Eddie Byrne, Cyril Cusack
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, California
Region(s): N. America, South East E-L
Storyline:
A convict and his guard are washed up at a remote farmhouse after being swept away while helping to build a flood barrier.
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"This was the year of the Big Freeze. It was late Spring and the snows on the high ground had not yet thawed. Far below, along the river beds, they built their dykes and reinforce their levees. Then they waited . . . "
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In the pouring rain, Nevada Residents listen to broadcasts from Governor Fielding's office about flooding above the danger level along the Humboldt Valley.
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The Army assists in evacuating people to the nearest high ground.
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Splashed with mud from a passing truck, Jack Murphy (John Crawford) swears at the Driver before entering the Flood Zone Headquarters to find the Mayor. Heatherden Hall at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire, of which similar views can be seen in 'A Stitch in Time', 'Assault', 'Young and Innocent' and 'The Square Peg'.
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As Convicts from the State Prison are employed to reinforce dykes and levees in danger of collapse, stock footage depicts the deluge of water heading into the valley from the mountains.
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More archive footage is used throughout the film . . .
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. . . and although the story is set in Nevada, this scene is of flooding in southern California.
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On the balcony of Elizabeth Matthews' house where they're sheltering from the rising water with their guard Sharkey, murderer Peebles (Cyril Cusack) sits watching fellow convict Donovan (Howard Keel) launch a home made raft. A set in one of the sound stages at Pinewood Studios.