Man Who Liked Funerals, The
Date: 1959
Director: David Eady
Production Company: Penington Eady Productions
Stars: Leslie Phillips, Bill Fraser, Arthur Mullard, Susan Beaumont
Location(s): London, Dublin and for the moment one unidentified.
Region(s): Ireland, London M-N
Storyline:
A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the deceased’s family, publishing incriminating stories that the deceased had penned before their death. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
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The first funeral takes place, that of General Sir Frederick Hunter KCB DSO. It looks as if it could be a piece of stock footage from a "small" military funeral, incorporating RHA and gun carriage, Footguards and Life Guards at the rear. Maybe Birdcage Walk turning into the Guards barracks. Dave W believes, given such evidence that can be discerned from the heavily shaded area, that this is the Carriage Road, Hyde Park, London SW1 looking east along the north side of the long building of Knightsbridge Barracks. (RL)
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Having written a part of an embarrassing manuscript supposedly scripted by the late General, Simon Hurd (Leslie Phillips) calls to see the family and discuss the matter. And another one found by Stephen, South End, Montpelier Row, Twickenham.
- Capture 3
- 26 Oct 2017
Having been “paid off” by the Hunter family, The Bishop of Harchester then dies. Stephen Dean almost immediately identified this as Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
And now shortly after, Marcas Uí Neíll provides an identical but clearer shot. (RL)
- Capture 4
- 13 Jun 2020
Other deaths and payments follow without outside locations until now, with the death of Miss Millicent Hartington, Pioneer of Girls Education. Stephen went on to identify this as Gordon House, Isleworth, Railshead Road.
Some 60 years on Richard Marum reveals how the playing field has been transformed. (RL)
- Capture 5
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The marriage of Simon and his girlfriend Stella (Susan Beaumont) provide the only other location, the third identified by Stephen, St. Stephen's Church, Richmond Road, Twickenham.