Night and the City

PIccadilly Circus, W1.

Looking towards Shaftesbury Avenue. SJ

St. Paul's Cathedral, EC4.

Probably a publicity montage, but you can catch Dirk Bogarde walking up the same street in Victim. St Martin's Lane, WC2, at the foot of which, you will remember, Keir Dullea made a telephone call in Bunny Lake Is Missing.

St Martin's Lane in daylight. SJ.

To the west of the Empire, Leicester Square, WC2... Oops compass bearings JT! As Ray Edwards points out, "It is actually 14 Leicester Square, the building east of the Empire on the eastern corner of Leicester Place with Leicester Square opposite Burger King. It was up until the pandemic “Maison Du Mezzé” a Lebanese restaurant & bar. It has now closed." (SJ)

Something seems to be open here: a sort of, er, club. SJ

County Hall, London SW1. This façade also features in 'The Switch' and '1995's 'Richard III'.

Now. Was Richard Widmark looking to see 'Genevieve' coasting over Westminster Bridge?. JT

A closer and slightly improved angle. SJ

Westminster Bridge SE1.

The same bridge with a modern taxi. JT

The tree, seen in the first comparison, disappeared in 2018. SJ

Our old friend Trafalgar Square, 'The Collector', 'Train of Events', 'Front Page Story', 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire' and many others all used the familiar location.

Now, with the empty plinth occupied. SJ.

Trafalgar Square

Now. SJ.

Trafalgar Square

Northumberland Avenue from the square. SJ.

Nice lamp-post. Denis Hoare found on 'Twitter', amid Soho history, that this 'nice lamp-post' is in Dean Street, London W1 on the corner with Richmond Buildings. On the other side of the road would have been the Soho Synagogue, now the Soho theatre. (RL)

The scene now. (PW)

The view from Great Windmill Street towards Shaftesbury Avenue, with thanks to Steve Randall.

Great Windmill Street appears to be thinner. (PW)

The Shot Tower was demolished in 1962 to make way for the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the south bank. Ron Glenister has found the gap that was on Waterloo Road between Nos. 14 and 16 and tracks Harry during his escape ........ (RL)

Looking in the direction of where the Shot Tower once was from Waterloo Bridge. SJ

Steep steps, railings, and perhaps a park at the top?..........down the steps to Belvedere Road........... (RL)

The current but different steps which lead down from the bridge. SJ

Possibly on the south bank of the Thames, near Belvedere Road, SE1 where the shot tower stood. ......... where he immediately turned left into what was Howley Place............. (RL)

Looking south down what was approximately Howley Street. SJ

and is soon in the glare of the cars headlights.... (RL)

Again, an approximation. SJ

Probably SE1, yes, Walkers, Parker & Co Ltd had premises at 63, Belvedere Road. .........running for all he is worth.....(RL)

This is looking north-east under Waterloo Road from Belvedere Road with the long gone Burham Wharf behind my left shoulder. SJ

There's the tower again. ..............before turning right into Burham Wharf.

Turning around, more than I would wish except to reveal the Royal Festival Hall for context, is this sight. On the right in the Hayward Gallery. Behind it is the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the shot tower would be peeping over the top right of this, er, shot, had it not been demolished in 1962. SJ

Preparations for the Festival of Britain, 1951 with a clear view of Waterloo Station in the background. (RL)

Waterloo station is behind this lot. The area, apart from the shot tower, was swept away for the Festival of Britain and then swept away again in various stages, afterwards. SJ

And this proves it, Waterloo Bridge in the background, South Bank Gardens, Belvedere Road, London, SE1.

A reasonably accurate comparison here despite all the reconfigurement. SJ

The Albert Embankment in London by Lambeth Bridge, with Doulton House on the left, next to the W.H. Smith building, both demolished in the 1970s, identified by Steve Randall.

Only the column of the east side of Lambeth Bridge survives. SJ

Battersea Power Station, SW8.

The familiar form of Hammersmith Bridge, W6

Taken from further below in front of the Digby Mansions. SJ

This is Lower Mall, W6.

Now. JT

The bridge in the background.

Best I can do without access to the water. SJ

I think this is the corner of Lower Mall and Mall Road, with the West End Amateur Rowing Association venue now rebuilt as flats. (SJ)

This is the corner with the rebuilt flats and there have been clearances to the Lower Mall path. If this is so, it appears that the comparison to cap23 is not quite right.

Once more.

This replaces JT's shot from 2008 which didn't show the surviving doorway on the right. SJ

And another.

With brother Brian acting out the "Scream", remember Edvard Munch? The fact that the acting has nothing whatsoever to do with the script has never bothered the boy. JT

The corner of Lower Mall, beside Hammersmith Bridge. Neil Meddemmen recognised Mike Mazurki, a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler, carrying the body.

Now. Digby Mansions, which has appeared more than twenty times in feature films. JT

From the bridge looking south to Barnes.

Taken from a temporary pedestrian walkway. SJ

"Nah then! Nah then! I've got you bang to rights". Lower Mall, Hammersmith.

Nah. (Geddit? Geddit?). JT

Lower Mall with Hammersmith Bridge in the background. The location appears in 'Life at the Top' and ‘Cassandra's Dream’.

Now. Same place. Bet you didn't know that the bridge was green, did you? JT