Jail Birds
Date: 1940
Director: Oswald Mitchell
Production Company: Butcher’s Film Service
Stars: Albert Burdon, Shaun Glenville, Charles Farrell, Charles Hawtrey
Location(s): Surrey
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
After escaping from prison two criminals attempt to hide stolen jewels in a loaf of bread that accidentally gets sent to the wrong house.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Ray Edwards
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Our Jail Birds, Bill (Albert Burdon) and Nick (Charles Hawtrey) are marched to their jobs inside prison.
- Capture 2
- 19 Mar 2018
The bakery where Bill and Nick go to work after escaping prison.
93 Hersham Rd, Walton on Thames says Peter Brown who provides this comparison shot from Google Earth. Whilst it is a pity that the original shop facade appears to have been lost it remains as a bakery and that gate post could well be the original. (RL)
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Whilst running from a chasing Prison Warder, Bill and Nick fall through a hedge.
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Bill and Nick regain their feet and run through a Petrol Station.
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The chasing Prisoner Warder, covered in white paint, crosses the road infront of the Petrol Station.
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The Prison Warder still chasing our Jail Birds.
- Capture 7
- 19 Mar 2018
The final scene sees Bill and Nick running to the Pub just in time for opening time.
Peter Brown has identified this as what was The Plough, High Street end of Ashley Rd, Walton on Thames. Now an Italian eatery as evidenced by this accompanying shot from Google Earth. (RL)