Take My Life

Date: 1947
Director: Ronald Neame
Production Company: Cineguild

Stars: Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L. Sullivan
Location(s): London, Stirlingshire

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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  • Capture 1
  • 22 Dec 2017

Nicholas Talbot attends the London debut of his wife, opera singer Philippa Shelley. Outside the Royal Opera House on Bow Street, London WC2. The location can also be seen in ‘Rude Boy’, ‘The Informers’, ‘The Weapon’, ‘Bobbikins’ and ‘Davy’.

Peter provides this comparison.

  • Capture 2
  • 18 Feb 2019

Accused of murdering his former girlfriend Elizabeth Rusman, Nicholas Talbot is taken to prison. Simon James recognised Jebb Avenue in Brixton. This sequence also appears in 'The Last Man to Hang' and the location can be seen in 'The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk' and 'Quartet' as well as 'Two Letter Alibi'.

Looking east along Jebb Avenue, SW2. SJ

  • Capture 3
  • 12 Dec 2023

The gates close behind the van. HM Prison Brixton on Jebb Avenue, London SW2 identified by Simon James.

Looking south on firmly closed doors. SJ

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Following a train of clues including a piece of music from the dead woman's possessions, Philippa reaches Edinburgh. However, the clock tower shown is part of Ballikinrain Castle in Stirlingshire. (SR)

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Philippa Shelley (Greta Gynt) arrives at the home of composer Sidney Flemming.

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Recognising her from a photograph in the newspaper, Flemming joins the same train that Philippa takes from Edinburgh to York.