Hangman Waits, The

Cinemagoers leave an Eastbourne picture house. This has the appearance of the Queen's Cinema at 98 Bishop's Bridge Road in London W2.

Inside the cinema, a member of Staff bids goodnight to Tom the Concierge. The board to the left confirms Queens as the name of the establishment.

After murdering usherette Mary Conway when she leaves the cinema Manager's office, Sinclair the organist catches a fast train to London.

The express speeds towards the Capital. Jonathan Horswell in his www.railwaymoviedatabase.com states that this 'stock shot' is of an LMS express rounding a curve in the Lune Gorge, Cumbria, Lancs. This clip has also appeared in 'A Honeymoon Adventure' (1931), 'No Limit' (1935), 'Quiet Wedding' (1941), 'Next of Kin' (1942), 'The Echo Murders' (1945), and 'The Black Sheep of Whitehall' (1942). (RL)

It's not long before the train arrives at Victoria station. The London terminus has an address on Victoria Street in SW1.

Alighting from the service, Robert Sinclair (Anthony Baird) limps along the platform carrying an extremely heavy trunk. Looking towards the concourse at Victoria station.

Sinclair turns away from the left luggage office after depositing the poorly secured baggage. The concourse of Victoria station in SW1.

IF this is the same left luggage office as seen in "Print of Death," it must be about here on the Chatham side. SJ

A crowd gathers at the left luggage office after the Porter finds the dismembered body of a Woman inside the blood covered trunk. The left luggage office at Victoria station.

I think somewhere here but I may be wrong. SJ

Police are called in when news breaks of the discovery.

On the south coast, a Fisherman brings his boat ashore before coming across a dismembered hand on the beach. The craft carries an NN Newhaven registration and in the distance Eastbourne Pier stretches out into the English Channel off Sussex.

No fishing boat, but Graham Horridge found a very dramatic sky.

As Scotland Yard's investigations get under way, a Constable receives a message at a police call post.

Sinclair returns to Eastbourne.

At the mortuary, the hand from the shore is matched to the Usherette's torso.

The Cinema Manager is questioned at the police station in Eastbourne.

Getting a lift back to London, Sinclair is dropped off on Fleet Street. Specifically Dave W says, outside No 81 on the corner with Salisbury Court. Unfortunately, 'SAVE Britain's Heritage' was unable to save this one. (RL)

Sinclair pauses whilst wandering through the City. Gresham Street EC2 with the tower of St. Giles-without-Cripplegate church in the distance.

Continuing his walk, Sinclair moves on. Seen from Gresham Street, the tower to the left is that of the ruined church of St. Alban on Wood Street.

Looking along the Thames from Waterloo Bridge with County Hall to the left and the Houses of Parliament in the right distance beyond Hungerford Bridge.

Taken from close to the north-western end of Waterloo Bridge. SJ

Watling Street at the corner of Watling Court in EC4 with Saint Mary Somerset on the left and St. Nicholas Cole Abbey church in the right background.

Looking south-west at the same corner. SJ

Watling Street with the Faraday Building on Godliman Street in the centre distance.

Panning right to the west. SJ

Looking westward along Watling Street EC4 with Bread Street crossing the scene and St. Paul’s Cathedral in the distance.

And again to bring into a view also seen in a montage in The Breaking of Bumbo. SJ

The murderer passes the offices of the News of the World newspaper at 30 Bouverie Street in EC4.

All changed. SJ

Tilting up, the camera reveals the time to be five to six in the morning. The News of the World offices on Bouverie Street have since been demolished and replaced.

A general view of the east side of Bouverie Street. SJ

Twenty minutes later, Sinclair's walk brings him to St. Mary's church. St. John's church on Hyde Park Crescent W2.

The flagpole has disappeared. (PW)

The shot moves down the frontage. Hyde Park Crescent and St. John's church can be seen in ‘The Walking Stick’, 'Enchantment', 'No My Darling Daughter', 'Percy’, ‘Percy’s Progress’, 'Smart Alec', ‘Two a Penny’ and 'Life with the Lyons'.

The frontage has cleaned up nicely. (PW)

Hearing organ music from within, Sinclair enters the building. St. John's church on Hyde Park Crescent in Paddington.

Glass doors now. (PW)

Asking the Organist if he can play, Sinclair remembers happier times and his love affair with Mary Conway. Graham Horridge identifies this views as looking towards the seafront on Carlisle Road in Eastbourne, Sussex.

Graham's comparison shows that many of the elm trees have long since been felled but you can still see the chimney stack at the rear of the Alexander Hotel to the centre.

A trip to a boating lake is recalled. This appears to be Crumbles Pond in Princes Park, Eastbourne.

Taking this comparison, Graham Horridge explains that there's no boat hire on the lake now called Princes Park Lake and the council café to the top left of the screen capture has become an upmarket restaurant named The Perch.

Sinclair and Mary run down a hill at Eastbourne. The view from Holywell in Eastbourne, Sussex with, what are now, Holywell Mount and St. Bede's school on Duke's Drive to the left and the Helen Garden in beyond.

Holywell Mount has now disappeared from view. The new classrooms to the right of St. Bede's school were added in 2009. (SD)

Outside the church, the Organist buys a morning paper and reads about the murder in Eastbourne. The entrance to St. John's church in Paddington W2.

The same handrails. (PW)

Sinclair watches through the church door as the Organist returns from a telephone kiosk across the road.

Two Daily Clarion Reporters (Kenneth Warrington and Michel Bazalgette) wait for a car to take them to St. Mary's. The inclination of the roadway suggests Bouverie Street, opposite the offices of the News of the World.

A car carrying Policeman waits at a junction as fire engines pass on their way to a warehouse blaze.

As the Journalists' car overtakes, the police car follows.

The Reporters and the Police arrive outside St. Mary's church. Hyde Park Crescent in W2 with St. John's church on the left.

No longer a roadway in front of the church. (PW)

Getting out of the car, the Scotland Yard Inspector (John Turnbull) deploys his Men. Hyde Park Crescent with Hyde Park Street to the right.

The background building survives. (PW)

As the Police enter the church to find the Organist's dead body, Sinclair makes his escape. Located by Richard Lovejoy, this is Uxbridge Street in London W8 with Notting Hill Gate station's electricity sub-station to the left and the corner of Jameson Street ahead. And independently ratified by Dave W.

Looking west from the corner. I couldn't get any further back as the street was closed off for building work. SJ

At a corner, a Constable spots Sinclair and blows his whistle. Facing east on Uxbridge Street from the corner of Jameson Street, towards the corner of Newcombe Street identified by RL. The staircase visible to the left confirms the location to him. The wall of the Electricity sub Station on the right remains today.

A visit in Dec '23 yielded a shot of solid hoarding. This though is an improvement as one can poke the camera through to show the wall of the sub station has not changed. SJ

The Policeman beckons to a car carrying his Colleagues. To the right stands the rear of 171 Kensington Church Street where G. T. Hamlett (General Engravers) had their premises.

A rather clumsy shot, taken from a barrier, of the corner as it looks now. SJ

Looking back as he runs, Sinclair enters the premises of the Daily Clarion.

Cornered in a top story room at the newspapers offices, Sinclair looks down onto the street.

Police Officers and the gathering Crowd look up as Sinclair backs out of a window when the Inspector enters the room.

The final chapter of the story is written. Fleet Street EC4 seen from the Daily Telegraph building with Whitefriars Street to the left.

A newspaper Vendor sells the latest edition of the Clarion to news hungry Readers. Yes, the same premises as Capture 15, 81 Fleet Street, identified by Dave W and we missed a comparative 'now' shot by a matter of months. (RL)