Kill Her Gently

Date: 1957
Director: Charles Saunders
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Fortress Film Productions Ltd.

Stars: Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence, George Mikell
Location(s): Berkshire, Hertfordshire

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Storyline:

Matters get out of hand after an unbalanced man persuades two escaped convicts to murder his wife.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Alarms sounding in the distance signal an escape from prison. Di Davies believes this to be Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne. (RL)

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William Connors (Marc Lawrence) and Lars Svenson (George Mikell) head towards a farm where they steal clothing.

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After Jeff Martin involves the fugitives in a plan to murder his wife Kay, a house to house search brings the police to his remote home.

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Inspector Raglan (Frank Hawkins) questions Jeff Martin (Griffith Jones) who explains that he has seen no one matching the prisoners’ descriptions.

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While Jeff is in town to withdraw £1000 from the bank in order to pay Connors and Svenson, the convicts discover that a the distributor has been removed from a parked Land Rover at the house.

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When the Bank Manager advises that there aren't enough funds in his account, Jeff goes in search of someone who could help him. To the left, Steve Randall discovered Shenley Post Office and the Star Coffee Tavern at 1 New Road, Shenley in Hertfordshire.

Antony Blair returned to the scene where he found that the garage has been replaced by a house.

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Questions are asked as to the whereabouts of Slade, a shady car dealer. The garage and car dealership stands on New Road, Shenley and Steve Randall advises that similar premises remain at the location.

The rebuilt car lot now by Antony Blair.

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Towards the end of the film, Jeff runs Connors down as he escapes in his Land Rover.