Silent Passenger, The

Date: 1935
Director: Reginald Denham
Production Company: Phoenix Films

Stars: John Loder, Peter Haddon, Donald Wolfit, Austin Trevor, Leslie Perrins, Aubrey Mather, Lilian Oldland
Location(s): London

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Storyline:

A blackmailer is murdered by the husband of one of his victims but an innocent man is suspected committing the crime.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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Following the murder of Maurice Windermere, Jack Ryder (John Loder) reclaims a bag at the station's left luggage office before boarding the Continental Train to the coast. The station scenes are all shot at Liverpool Street terminus in London EC2.

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After joining his runaway wife Mollie on the train, the journey to the Continent continues by ferry. Peter Brown sees this as likely stock footage and is fairly sure that it is a SMZ steamer on the Harwich - Vlissingden route. His money is on the ship being the SS Prinses Juliana ll. (RL)

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Taking an interest in the mystery of the missing Windermere, Lord Peter Wimsey points Ryder out to Henry Camberley.

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With Ryder suspected of murder, Lord Peter Wimsey (Peter Haddon) speaks with Inspector Saunders (Ralph Truman).

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Learning that Jack is travelling to the railway works on the same train as Camberley, Lord Peter runs onto the station concourse after fetching his manservant Bunter. Liverpool Street station also features in 'The Elephant Man', 'The Holly and the Ivy', 'Mission: Impossible', 'A Prayer for the Dying', 'The File of the Golden Goose', 'I Was Monty's Double', 'The Entertainer' and 'Suspended Alibi'.

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Collecting Molly Ryder (Lilian Oldland) on the way, Lord Peter checks a timetable before setting off in pursuit of her husband and Camberley.

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Jack Ryder's train pulls into the station near the railway works.

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Henry Camberley (Donald Wolfit) makes his way into the railway works ahead of Ryder. The railway 'works' could be any LNER shed or workshop but is likely to be in the London area. The London & North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia web site lists Stratford as a location.

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With its regulator accidentally opened during a fight between Camberley and Ryder on the footplate, a locomotive approaches the two men as they continue to battle in an inspection pit.

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Escaping from the works, Camberley hides behind a buttress as Ryder follows.