Johnny Frenchman

Date: 1945
Director: Charles Frend
Production Company: Ealing

Stars: Patricia Roc, Tom Walls, Ralph Michael
Location(s): Cornwall, Devon

Region(s):

Storyline:

Feuding fishermen find friendship in France.

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  • Capture 1
  • 27 Nov 2009

Coming into Megavissy, I believe, the harbour and buildings.

Mevagissey, Cornwall. Clark Gable visited for Never Let Me Go in 1953. Also seen in The Next of Kin (1942) and Dracula (1979). SJ.

  • Capture 2
  • 15 Nov 2009

This pan were taken from what is now The Moorings b'n'b's balcony on the west side. Stonework still the same. SJ.

  • Capture 3
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 4
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 5
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 6
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 7
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 8
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 9
  • 24 Nov 2008

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 10
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 11
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 12
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 13
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 14
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 15
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 16
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 17
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place I imagine.

East Quay, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 18
  • 15 Nov 2009

Same harbour probably but from different angle.

Hard to tell but this is the end of the middle quay and a lens has made the quay and grey house appear larger in the background. SJ.

  • Capture 19
  • 15 Nov 2009

Same again. Note the same quay mooring bollard for hawsers. SJ.

  • Capture 20
  • 24 Nov 2008

The Cliff, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 21
  • 15 Nov 2009

A couple of old salts left over from the "Skegness is so bracing" poster.

The Cliff. SJ.

  • Capture 22
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same place one imagines.

The Cliff, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 23
  • 24 Nov 2008

And probably just down the street.

The Cliff, Mevagissey. SJ.

  • Capture 24
  • 15 Nov 2009

Or up the street.

The Cliff, coming down from the pub. SJ.

  • Capture 25
  • 24 Nov 2008

Are these low buildings a public lav?

Yup, public loos on East Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 26
  • 24 Nov 2008

Are these low buildings a public lav?

Yup, public loos on East Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 27
  • 15 Nov 2009

Up the street again.

The Cliff, going up to the pub. SJ.

  • Capture 28
  • 24 Nov 2008

Even steeper.

Steep enough to be called The Cliff. SJ.

  • Capture 29
  • 24 Nov 2008

And we haven't probably left Megavissy.

We haven't. SJ.

  • Capture 30
  • 24 Nov 2008

And we're still there.

Still on The Cliff. SJ.

  • Capture 31
  • 24 Nov 2008

But now we're into France, they'd have us believe, but no, in fact we're somewhere else in Cornwall or even Devon.

In fact, Mevagissey, East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 32
  • 24 Nov 2008

Is this the same place? 14a and 14j marry up quite well.

It is. West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 33
  • 24 Nov 2008

East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 34
  • 24 Nov 2008

East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 35
  • 24 Nov 2008

East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 36
  • 24 Nov 2008

East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 37
  • 24 Nov 2008

East/West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 38
  • 24 Nov 2008

West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 39
  • 24 Nov 2008

West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 40
  • 15 Nov 2009

A closer view of jfr014f. SJ.

  • Capture 41
  • 15 Nov 2009

Some rebuilding here after a fire in the 80s. SJ.

  • Capture 42
  • 15 Nov 2009

A harbour, or harbours?

Same as the opening shot, jfr001a. SJ.

  • Capture 43
  • 15 Nov 2009

The shop.

Church Street from St George's Square. SJ.

  • Capture 44
  • 15 Nov 2009

Harbour edge.

The west quay, posing as a German occupied Brittany town. The original buildings burnt down, hence the new similarly modelled buildings. SJ.

  • Capture 45
  • 15 Nov 2009

Mmnnn?

Now the Mevagissey museum near the end of East Quay. The building to the left is John Moore's boat building business. I met him outside. He remembers seeing the film on its first release, and was very helpful with the locations. SJ.

  • Capture 46
  • 24 Nov 2008

They really twisted and turned with their camera.

West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 47
  • 24 Nov 2008

Same town, different street?

West Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 48
  • 'Now' required

And again. Knocked down, according to John Moore, longtime Mevagissey resident. SJ

  • Capture 49
  • 15 Nov 2009

More, or similar "old salts".

Taken form the small middle jetty looking east. SJ.

  • Capture 50
  • 15 Nov 2009

The pub(?) top left might just be the one in pic 034?

The Cliff. Again! SJ.

  • Capture 51
  • 15 Nov 2009

Street, yard, alley?

This is the East Quay with the Harbour's Office to the right, much the same as jfr030. SJ.

  • Capture 52
  • 24 Nov 2008

Church.

Church between River Street and Church Street. SJ.

  • Capture 53
  • 15 Nov 2009

Yard, street?

This is the back of Polkirt Hill, behind Christophe's restaurant. An extension has replaced the stairs. I showed this photo to a local of 50 years experience. He didn't know. I got lucky. SJ.

  • Capture 54
  • 24 Nov 2008

The same church as 025.

Church between River Street and Church Street. SJ.

  • Capture 55
  • 24 Nov 2008

Another, or even the same, street.

End of East Quay, near the Mevagissey museum. SJ.

  • Capture 56
  • 24 Nov 2008

A corner.

End of East Quay, near the Mevagissey museum. SJ.

  • Capture 57
  • 24 Nov 2008

Now the funnel shape on the left and the tower in the distance could be a low angle of 001e, and taken from much further round the harbour.

East Quay. SJ.

  • Capture 58
  • 24 Nov 2008

A high walkway.

The Cliff, under "The Hoss", derived form "Haus" and built in the 1700s from a German ship's timber. Yours to rent. Same as jfr001d. SJ.

  • Capture 59
  • 24 Nov 2008

Probably the same place further along.

The Cliff, under "The Hoss", derived form "Haus" and built in the 1700s from a German ship's timber. Yours to rent. Same as jfr001d. SJ.

  • Capture 60
  • 15 Nov 2009

Maybe the reverse of pic 023?

It is the reverse. The pub on the Cliff. The Skegness couple of jfr004 are sitting just outside it. SJ.