Innocents, The
Date: 1961
Director: Jack Clayton
Production Company: Achilles, 20th Century Fox
Stars: Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Megs Jenkins, Peter Wyngarde, Michael Redgrave
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Sussex
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
Atmospheric b/w fare with a governess becoming convinced her two young charges are being haunted by house and gardens. SJ
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- Capture 1
- 01 Jan 2018
Kerr arrives at Sheffield Park, near Uckfield in Sussex. The gardens are now separate from the house and are in the hands of the National Trust.
Middle Lake, viewed from beside the bridge that is between Middle Lake and Upper Woman's Way Pond. SD
- Capture 2
- 20 Dec 2011
Kerr and Franklin approach the bridge over the lake in front of the rear of Sheffield Park House, in private hands.
I'm a little further west along the bridge but not a bad match. And there are four lakes. This one is called the "10-foot Pond." SJ
- Capture 3
- 30 Dec 2013
Sheffield Park Station on the Bluebell Line confirmed by Robert Sharp. The station also appears in 2012's 'The Woman in Black', 'Night Train to Murder', 'The Naked Runner' and 'Mr. Holmes'.
The filming was done shortly after the Bluebell Railway opened as a preserved line, in the film the signal levers are seen behind the actress on the right. They are on the platform, in the open, with just iron railings around them. This was an economy measure from the 1930s. The Bluebell Railway very soon decided that the Signalman needed more protection (from the weather and inquisitive passengers) and built a signal box, in the correct traditional style, around the levers, in the early 1960s. So it is a lot more recent than it looks! Robert Sharp
- Capture 4
- 20 Dec 2011
Kerr and Franklin outside Sheffield Park House.
About as near as one can get without fear of trespass. SJ
- Capture 5
- 05 Jul 2022
Franklin and Stephens attend a church nearby: other shots in this sequence with Jenkins and Kerr imply that this is stuck out in the middle of the countryside. This is St. Andrew's church, Windsor Road, Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire. It was also seen in 'The Oblong Box', 'Bedazzled' and 'The Horsemasters'. (SD)
There are fields to the south, but the illusion of the church being in the middle of the countryside is soon shattered due to its close proximity to Heathrow Airport. (SD)
- Capture 6
- 20 Dec 2011
Another shot from Sheffield Park.
Now. SJ