Tiger in the Smoke

The titles appear as fog begins to descend over a gloomy Tower Bridge, crossing the River Thames as it flows through London.

Looking east. SJ

A bell chimes three as the fog thickens. Cannon Street with St. Paul’s Cathedral in the distance. Views in the same direction at the location appear in 'The Betrayal', 'Stage Fright', ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’, ‘The League of Gentlemen’, 'Stranger in the City', 'Dark Passage', ‘The Fan’ and ‘King of the Underworld’.

With smog a thing of the past, today we have a clearer view. (PW)

Accompanied by the cries of traders, a makeshift band of Musicians play jazz as they wander through a smog filled market.

Taxis bring their fares to Fenchurch Street railway station as the Buskers continue their performance. London Street at the corner of Railway Place EC3 with lights beneath the canopy of Fenchurch Street station to the top right.

Maybe a thick fog would improve the view. (PW)

An announcement warns that fog services are in operation as a cab arrives with Geoffrey Leavitt (Donald Sinden) and Meg Elgin outside the station. Through the doorway of Fenchurch Street station, across Railway Place, stands the Blackwall Railway Tavern at number 7 London Street. The public house was closed and demolished in 1957.

Likely not to be the same doorway due to repositioning of the entrances. (PW)

Geoffrey watches his fiancee ascend the steps to the platforms before turning to leave the station. The entrance hall of Fenchurch Street station in EC3.

Not quite the same row of doors as access to a suitable position is barred due to a closed retail unit behind the shot. (PW)

Meg Elgin (Muriel Pavlow) meets with Detective Chief Inspector Luke (Christopher Rhodes), showing him a photo of her missing husband Martin. The news stand on the upper level concourse of Fenchurch Street station.

The upper concourse now . . . poised for another upcoming refurbishment. (PW)

A mustached Man (Gerald Harper) appears on the concourse. The steps lead up to the concourse from the station’s entrance on Railway Place.

The last redesign of the area is evident in this approximation of the scene. (PW)

The Man walks towards the ticket barrier, passing the news stand. The concourse of Fenchurch Street station with the line of gates leading to the platforms in the background.

The gate line occupies the same position. (PW)

Meg calls out when she spots the Man wearing an old coat belonging to her husband. The upper level concourse of Fenchurch Street station.

Facing in the same direction. (PW)

Having returned to the station, Geoffrey follows Meg and the Detective as they chase the Man when he runs past the Ticket Inspectors. Looking through the ticket barrier at Fenchurch Street station.

The ticket barrier now, (PW)

Luke grabs the Man believed to be Major Martin Elgin as he climbs from the track after getting out of the wrong side of train on the adjacent platform. London's Fenchurch Street station.

A matching shot of the platform. (PW)

When Meg and the Inspector take a closer look, the man is discovered to be Walter ‘Duds’ Morrison. Fenchurch Street station in London EC3.

Not the same angle, but this is the background suggested by the screen capture. (PW)

Led away by plain clothes Officers, Duds is taken to a police station for questioning. The upper level concourse of Fenchurch Street station.

Who knows if this the same angle? It's difficult to see through the fog in the capture. (PW)

Accompanying Meg to a taxi, the Detective Chief Inspector watches as she is driven from the station. On Railway Place outside Fenchurch Street station with The Railway public house at 2 New London Street in the background.

The pub was rebuilt in 1977 when London House was demolished to make way for New London House and has been known as The Windsor since 2008. (PW)

As passengers make way in, Geoffrey makes his way from the station. Fenchurch Street station on Railway Place EC3. This road at the front of the station has since been renamed to Fenchurch Place.

People appear less mobile in this comparison. (PW)

Meg’s taxi arrives at her home on the story’s St. Petersgate Square. Seen more clearly later in the film, this is a studio set.

Inside a City of London police station, Duds is interviewed by Detective Chief Inspector Luke while the motley Musicians file past Geoffrey as he waits outside. This fog shrouded location has the appearance of a set.

Cut to a clearer day. Looking between properties on College Hill EC4 from the junction of Cloak Lane with the tower of St. Michael Royal Church, now St. Michael Paternoster Royal church, to the centre.

Taken from the same position. (PW)

Investigations continue after Canon Avril survives a stab wound inflicted by Havoc. The police station closed five years after appearing in 1960's 'The Professionals' and stands at the corner of Cloak Lane and College Hill.

Splendidly preserved and looking a lot less grubby. (PW)

Following Geoffrey and Meg to France, Jack Havok arrives on the Brittany coast.

On the trail of missing treasure believed to have been hidden by Major Elgin, Geoffrey and Meg drive up to a house outside the village of Saint-Audeal-sur-Mer near St. Malo.

Not knowing that they have been followed, the couple get out of their Citroën.

Turning from the house, the two cross the ground towards a small building where Geoffrey forces the door open.

Watched from the surrounding bushes by Havoc, Geoffrey returns to the car to fetch tools.

As the Police arrive at the house, Geoffrey turns when he hears Meg’s screams.