Raging Moon, The
Date: 1971
Director: Bryan Forbes
Production Company: EMI Films
Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Bernard Lee
Location(s): Hertfordshire, Kent
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
A man who becomes paralysed retreats to a home for the disabled where he finds hope in one of the female residents.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
Also known as ‘Long Ago Tomorrow’ (US Title)
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- Capture 1
- 09 Aug 2022
Bruce Pritchard (Malcolm McDowell) takes a free kick after being tackled. Nigel Gale identifies this as Meadow Park, Borehamwood in Hertfordshire . . .
. . . and provides this view as proof pointing out BBC's Elstree Studios in the left background and Canterbury House on the right.
- Capture 2
- 09 Aug 2022
Watched by his Girlfriend, the energetic young man works his way across the field before scoring. Meadow Park in Borehamwood with properties on Shenley Road in the background located by Nigel Gale.
A relatively unchanged comparison view by Nigel.
- Capture 3
- 09 Aug 2022
An argument with the Referee (Joseph Tregonino) sees Bruce being sent off. Nigel Gale tells us that the background houses stand on Edulf Road in Borehamwood.
The same buildings taken by Nigel.
- Capture 4
- 09 Aug 2022
In the background, the match continues without Bruce as he tells Will (Wilfred Boyle) that he wasn't offside. Facing Northfield Road from Meadow Park in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire found by Nigel Gale.
Nigel captured a similar scene.
- Capture 5
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The title track begins as the team coach carries the players home.
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Credits appear as the coach passes along northern English roads.
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The Buses on Screen website advises that the Harrington Cavalier bodied AEC carries the livery of Chris Ward Travel from Huddersfield but in reality is part of the Denham Coaches fleet operated by Jack Crump at Pinewood Studios.
- Capture 8
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There's a distinctive tower in the distance and the pub sign to the top left bears a white horse on a black ground. Geoff Dodd finds the coach outside the 'White Horse Inn', 246 The Street, Boughton-under-Blean, Faversham, Kent. (RL)
- Capture 9
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Card games are played and beer is passed around at the back of the coach. The outline of what appears to be a modern church comes into view on the right.
- Capture 10
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A more industrial landscape appears as the coach nears its destination.
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The Coach Driver drops Bruce off and he walks towards Eastwood House and the flat that he shares with his Parents and brother Harold.
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Following Harold's wedding reception, Bruce staggers back home with his friend Terry (Chris Chittell) before the two part company for the night.
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After losing the use of his legs because of a degenerative illness that he can't pronounce, Bruce succeeds in securing himself a place at a home for the disabled.
- Capture 14
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Bruce and Harold look through the window at lads playing a game of football as the Commer Ambulance approaches a road junction. Geoff Dodd finds the pair in Hertfordshire on the A41, precisely, Watford Road at the junction with Old Mill Road. The garage is now a Shell whereas it was a Texaco at the time of filming. (RL)
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The journey continues through a frosty landscape. Geoff continues to plot their journey as they turn off the Watford Road into Bridge Road, filmed perhaps from outside St Paul’s Church. (RL)
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Snow covers the field outside as the brothers sit in silence inside the ambulance. Parked, Geoff finds, in South Way, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire - pretty much opposite Hazelwood House in capture 17. (RL)
- Capture 17
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After turning from the main road, the church run home appears through the windscreen. Hunton Park on Essex Lane, Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.
- Capture 18
- 09 Nov 2022
Aggrieved at his forced imprisonment, Bruce looks out over the snow covered gardens. The grounds of Hunton Park.
Nigel Rowe captured a warmer view.
- Capture 19
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Bruce turns his wheelchair and returns to the house when the snow prevents him from venturing outside. Hunton Park also appears in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 'The Executioner' and 'Lust for a Vampire'.
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Failing to mix with the other residents, Bruce wheels himself onto the terrace where Jill Matthews (Nanette Newman) sits reading. Hunton Park near Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire.
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After an uncomfortable conversation with Jill following his discovery that she is engaged to be married and would be leaving the home soon, Bruce continues his solitary existence. The gardens of Hunton Park.
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As Mrs. Matthews (Constance Chapman) approaches through their garden, Dr. Larry Matthews (Norman Bird) tells his daughter that he hopes she will stay at home this time.
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Mrs. Matthews returns to the house, disappointed that Jill doesn't want the party that has been arranged.
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Jill explains to her father that her fiancé Geoffrey has been trapped into marriage by her mother and by pity.
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Returning to the home, Jill gets to know Bruce and the two attend a football match together.
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The pair enjoy their time together and the relationship gets stronger.
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Guests arrive for the home's fête. Part of the Hunton Park estate was taken over by the Ministry of Defence and Rolls-Royce before becoming Leavesden Film Studios in the 1990s.
- Capture 28
- 09 Nov 2022
Residents reluctantly meet sponsors in a marquee erected in the grounds. Hazelwood House was renamed Hunton Park after rebuilding in the early 19th century and is currently a hotel.
Avoiding the seemingly permanent fixture of the marquee, Nigel Rowe took this comparison shot.
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Bill and Sarah Charles take Bruce and Jill to the coast.
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On the beach, Bruce reads Jill a poem that he has written.
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Love blossoms between the two. Hunton Park in Hertfordshire.
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Accompanied by Bill Charles (Barry Jackson) Bruce and Jill leave a jewellers after choosing an engagement ring. Facing north-west on Parade in Canterbury, Kent with the corner of Rose Lane on the extreme left.
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The camera follows the three through Canterbury, passing a branch of David Greig's at the corner of Canterbury Lane as they turn onto St. George's Street. The Cathedral and other streets in the city feature in 'Kipps', 'A Canterbury Tale', 'Last Orders' and 'I Could Go On Singing'.
- Capture 34
- 17 Sep 2022
Bill, Bruce and Jill continue past Hawkins hardware, W. H. Smiths, Pearl Assurance House, Woolworths and the same David Greig's. This is St. George's Street in Canterbury.
Nick Bookman was unable to achieve the same elevation for this view of the parade in which Poundland now occupies the site vacated by Woolworths.
- Capture 35
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Returning from town, Jill shows Sarah Charles (Georgia Brown) the ring as Bruce jokes that they bought it at Woolworths. The building stands in the grounds of Hunton Park in Hertfordshire.
- Capture 36
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Bruce comes back from an interview to find that Jill has been taken to hospital. Hunton Park on Essex Lane, Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.