Man Accused

A Delivery Boy rings his bicycle bell as he rides up to the home of Sir Thomas Riddle. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane in Elstree, Hertfordshire.

Taken earlier in the day, guarded by the sphinxes. SJ

The Delivery Boy carries a bunch of flowers for Miss Katherine Riddle to the front door. The entrance to the Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane in Elstree.

This replaces my July '21 shot which was off angle and to show that the sphinxes are no longer there. SJ

Morning dawns on the day after Kathy's fiancé Bob Jensen is accused of being a jewel thief by a man claiming to be insurance investigator Henry Curran. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree. The often seen location features in many productions including ‘School for Scoundrels’, ‘The Devil Rides Out’, ‘Spider’s Web’, ‘Never Too Young to Rock’, ‘Stardust’, 'For Members Only', ‘The Rough and the Smooth’, ‘Stranger from Venus’, ‘My Lover My Son’, 'The Liquidator’, ‘Not Now Comrade’, ‘So Evil, So Young’, ‘A Woman Possessed’ and ‘Night Must Fall’.

An extension on the east wing (to my right out of shot) makes it tricky to compare exactly now. SJ

Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh) leaves the house to meet Bob. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane in Elstree, Hertfordshire.

The grass circle has gone, replaced by the structure seen in cap1 which in turn has since been replaced by a small oval piece of grass. SJ

The young woman reaches the lodge where Bob lives and begins to question him about his past.

Bob Jensen (Ronald Howard) drives the two of them from the lodge. The Battle Axes public house at the corner of Aldenham Road and Butterfly Lane, Aldenham in Hertfordshire. The location features in 'Not Now Comrade', 'A doppia faccia', 'A Woman of Mystery', 'Where the Spies Are' and 'Wings of Mystery'.

The corner pub has a wall and new fence. SJ

Reaching town, Bob brings the red MG to a stand. Geoff Dodd recognised this as Bushey High Street in Hertfordshire which also features in 'Three Crooked Men', 'Johnny on the Spot' and 'Two Wives at One Wedding'.

Redevelopment has taken place to the right of Antony Blair's view.

Kathy gets out and walks along the footpath as Bob pulls away. High Street, Bushey with The Bell public house to the left located by Geoff Dodd.

Antony Blair found a totally rebuilt scene.

Driving on a short distance, Bob turns a corner as Kathy watches. Identified by Geoff Dodd, this is facing east on High Street in Bushey with the corner of Park Road on the left.

The same location today by Antony Blair.

Turning back on herself, Kathy crosses the road and enters a building to meet with the man she believes to be Mr. Curran.

After Jensen is arrested for the murder of Vickers, a well known jewel thief posing as Curran, Mr. Beckett takes Kathy to visit whilst he's on remand. Wormwood Scrubs prison on Du Cane Road, London W12. A location that appears in a great many films including 'The Italian Job', 'Three Sundays to Live', 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', 'Go to Blazes', 'Nothing Barred', 'Dr. Crippen', 'Adventures of a Taxi Driver', 'The Challenge', 'Seven Green Bottles', 'Black Orchid', 'Sentenced for Life', 'Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment', 'Seven Green Bottles', 'Rotten to the Core', 'Three Steps to the Gallows' and 'Jungle Street'.

A few changes to the wall decorations. SJ

Bob and Kathy make plans for him to escape from custody. HMP Wormwood Scrubs on Du Cane Road in East Acton.

The gates are open. SJ

Once free from prison, Bob sets out to find the real murderer. One of many dark locations that remain a mystery.