Touchables, The

Date: 1968
Director: Robert Freeman
Production Company: Film Designs Ltd.

Stars: Judy Huxtable, Ester Anderson, Monika Ringwald, Kathy Simmonds, David Anthony, Ricky Star, James Villiers
Location(s): London, Surrey

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Storyline:

The story of four ‘with it’ girls who kidnap the man of their dreams.

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Fans mob pop star Christian (David Anthony) as he leaves the venue after watching a wrestling match.

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When he takes a liking to pretty boy Christian, wrestler Lillywhite (Harry Baird) and his manager Twyning (James Villiers) discuss protection with the pop star's manager Kasher (John Ronane). Fulmead Street in SW6 with No. 2 gas holder of the former Imperial Gasworks in the background.

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March (Danny Lynch) drives on as Twyning suggests to Kasher that if payments are not made then the goods may become damaged. Looking towards Imperial Road from Fulmead Street in Fulham. The gas holder dates from 1830 and was seen in 'The Final Appointment' and 'Eye of the Needle'.

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Sadie (Judy Huxtable) and Melanie (Ester Anderson) chase Nigel Bent (Simon Williams) from their pad after he comes to retrieve a waxwork of Michael Caine. This is the long demolished St. John's School on Walmer Road W10.

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On her way home through derelict streets and demolition work, Busbee (Monika Ringwald) is forced off the road by a speeding truck. This appears to be a razed Blechynden Street in W10 with Whitstable House visible ahead.

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Managing to stop before crashing, Busbee shouts back at the lorry driver. Somewhere in the late 1960s devastation that was once North Kensington.

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Busbee continues on her journey until she reaches the girls' trendy apartment. Walmer Road with the corner of Hesketh Place to the right of centre and Whitstable House in the distance. Many of the buildings in this image still stand.

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The girls kidnap their singing idol during a charity wrestling match and whisk him off to their pleasure dome. IMDB mentions Frensham Ponds near Farnham in Surrey.

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Glubb (Roy 'Bull' Davis) watches as Kasher and Denzil arrive outside Ricki Starr's house in the manager's Rolls Royce.

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Kasher and Denzil (Michael Chow) wait to be let inside by the wresting star.

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In her Studebaker Avanti, Melanie draws up at her boyfriend Ricki's house before she's captured by Glubb and forced to lead him to the pleasure dome.

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After escaping from the dome, Samson thumbs a lift to the Royal Sporting Club.

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Inside the club, Samson alerts Ricki to the girls' plight and the two, along with Bruno, set off in the wrestler's Isetta.

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Bruno (Bruno Elrington) brings the bubble car to a halt when Kasher and Denzil run from the building.

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Samson, Ricki, Bruno and Denzil reach the pleasure dome in Kasher's Rolls and find that Twyning has arrived to question the girls. Frensham Ponds is also where scenes from 'The Ware Case', 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', 'Carry on Columbus' and 'Carry on Jack' are reputed to have been shot.

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During the ensuing fight between the two gangs, the pleasure dome is deflated.