Park Plaza 605

“Room 605 Park Plaza Hotel reserved in your name. Await contact eight o’clock to-night. Act according to instruction.” Downing a carrier pigeon with his golf ball, Norman Conquest (Tom Conway) reads the attached note to Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton) before the deciding to take the room.

Being driven home later that day, Superintendent Bill Williams hears a radio message about a disturbance at the Plaza Hotel and decides that other Officers should deal with it. High Street in Slough, Buckinghamshire with the Daniel Fashion Store to the left and a branch of Burton menswear at number 145 in the right distance.

A Constable flags down the car and requests an ambulance to attend to a Man who has fallen from the window of room 605 at the Plaza. Dolcis and jewellers James Walker also stood on the High Street.

Newspapers are delivered to the story’s High Barn at Stoke Bramley in Essex where Mr. Theodore Feather reads about the previous evenings occurrences at the Plaza Hotel.

Mr. Feather drives to meet with his accomplice Reynolds.

Arriving at the film’s 45 Heathfield Terrace, Theodore Feather (Richard Wattis) shows Reynolds the newspapers and asks what happened to his message. The Croft on Bridge Street close to Nettlefold studios in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The building can also be seen in 'Glad Tidings', 'Madame Louise', 'Morning Call', 'The Naked Truth', 'Paul Temple's Triumph', 'Operation Diplomat' and 'Trouble with Eve'.

Waiting to follow Pixie, Reynolds (Edwin Richfield) lights a cigarette outside Conquest Court as her taxi arrives. Barrie House on Lancaster Gate in London W2 which features in a number of films including ‘The Battleaxe’, ‘Hour of Decision’, 'The Man Outside', ‘Moment of Indiscretion’ and ‘Front Page Story’.

The tree has thickened unsurprisingly. SJ

Reynolds stands outside as Pixie appears from a department store at the end of her shopping trip. The Whiteley Ltd. department store at the corner of Porchester Gardens and Queensway in Bayswater W2. Other views of the store appear in 'What Every Woman Wants', 'Passport to Shame', 'Connecting Rooms' and 'Two Left Feet'.

Tris found Whitley's in the throws of a second rebuild in just over 30 years.

Getting into the cab behind Pixie, Reynolds holds a gun to her and tells the Driver to head for Heathfield Terrace. To the centre can be seen one of the subway entrances to Tottenham Court Road station at the corner of Tottenham Court Road and New Oxford Street in W1.

By a stroke of luck, Steve Randall was emerging from Tottenham Court Road underground station when he noticed that this film had appeared, so he hastily snatched this shot.

The eastern end of Oxford Street with the Dominion Theatre and the corner of Tottenham Court Road and New Oxford Street in the background.

The same corner captured by Steve Randall.

As the journey continues, Pixie writes a message on the mirror of her powder compact and leaves it for the Driver to find. Ray Glenister, nevertheless found this location, Hyde Park Corner. The background building was once St. George's Hospital now 'The Lanesborough' a luxury hotel. (RL)

A wider shot from the junction of Knightsbridge and Piccadilly shows alterations to the north side of the hospital which closed in 1980. SJ

The nightmarish ride nears its end. With the end in sight Dave W finds them on the Bayswater Road, W2 with what is now the Columbia Hotel, Lancaster Gate on the immediate right hand side and the Meath Memorial behind the parked cars. (RL)

Looking west from the pavement of a busy Bayswater Road. SJ

Having rescued Pixie from the hands of Reynolds, Conquest makes his way to High Barn.

After Conquest is captured by Baron von Henschel and his Henchmen, Nadina Rodin drives the Private Investigator's Frazer Nash Targa Florio

Nadina has an unsteady journey in the high powered car, running other vehicles off the road.

Phil Richards, following his instincts, found this to be the same junction as that in Capture 17, namely Clevdon road, Taplow opposite the Cliveden estate. The concrete blocks in the bottom left of shot barracade the now defunct 'Feathers', yes, another closed pub. (RL)

In the back of the Baron's Armstrong Siddeley, Conquest is held at gunpoint. Di Davies recognises 'The Yew Tree' public house, Collinswood Road/Parish Lane, Farnham Common, Bucks., just as she did from a greater distance in 'Time Lock'. The chimney's have gone, as has the yew tree and topiary and it is no longer a pub but the property remains. The car, Di Says, would have been turning into Egypt Lane. (RL)

While in the area Di Davies went to Egypt Lane to capture this shot for us. The A355 crosses the junction and is much, much busier now. The Yew Tree public house can just be seen through the trees although it is no longer called the Yew Tree and minus chimneys, it is now a restaurant. (RL)

Passing a remote public house, Nadina takes a corner at speed before starting to gain on the Baron. Di Davies puts forward her thought that this could be The Feathers pub, Cliveden Road, Taplow, founded on the wall along to the left, the number of ground floor windows together with the door of the pub, the car swerving hard left after the pub, and there is a left hand turn there (on the right as viewing). The remaining trees and tree line look quite convincing too Di, as does that distant bend in the road. I like your 'thinking'! (RL)

Phil Richards confirms Di's thoughts regarding the 'Feathers' pub on Clivedon road, Taplow opposite the Cliveden estate, as seen in 'A Yank in Ermine' (RL)

Von Henschel. saloon pulls over as Nadina sound the Frazer Nash's horn. Slough High Street where Antony Blair explains that this is the original Co-op which was demolished and rebuilt on the same site.

Antony used to shop at the rebuilt Co-op in the 1970s but it was also demolished and rebuilt in its present form with new tenants.

Nadina overtakes. Slough's Century Cinema at 251 High Street is showing 'The Steel Trap' from 1952. The cinema closed in January 1957 and was converted into a Waitrose supermarket before being demolished.

Leaving the Baron behind, Nadina takes a corner to reach the underground garage at Conquest Court. Woolworth & Co. stands in the background while to the top left can be seen the reflected sign for "Boots" which makes this High Street in Slough as seen from the corner of Chandos Street.

The location as it appears 69 years later, taken by Antony Blair.

Moving right we find the Eagle public house at the corner of High Street and Park Street in Slough, Buckinghamshire.

Antony Blair took this view of the rebuilt corner.

After Nadina sides with Von Henschel in Conquest's flat, she and the Baron are driven away from the apartment block. High Street, Slough with the junction formed by Windsor Road and William Street in the left distance.

While the bound and gagged Conquest makes a bid for freedom, the Baron and Nadina head for the docks. High Street in Slough with Burton menswear at number 145 on the right.

Antony Blair captured a more colourful scene in daylight.

At Victoria Dock, the Captain of SS La Pampa waits for Baron von Henschel, his passenger on the voyage to South America.