Vice Versa

Date: 1948
Director: Peter Ustinov
Production Company: George H. Brown Productions, Two Cities Films

Stars: Roger Livesey, Kay Walsh, Petula Clark, David Hutcheson, Anthony Newley, James Robertson Justice
Location(s): Buckinghamshire

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Storyline:

A Victorian father and son swap bodies after making wishes in the presence of an Indian artefact!

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Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson

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After making wishes whilst holding the magical Garuda Stone, in the body of his son Dick Bultitude (Anthony Newley), wealthy stockbroker Paul Bultitude attempts to pay Clegg (Frank Tickle) to take him back home from the station rather than catch the train to Dr. Grimstone's school. A set at Denham studios in Buckinghamshire.

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Dick, in the body of his father Paul Bultitude (Roger Livesey), hides behind his second Dr. Chawner (Kynaston Reeves) before a duel with Lord Gosport after insulting Florence Verlane, the woman he loves. Another Denham set, this time with depth.

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After reading in the Financial Times that Paul Bultitude has invested the family's entire fortune in Professor Grimplemayer's horseless carriage invention, Dr. Grimstone (James Robertson Justice), dribbles his way across the school football pitch to score a goal. The first exterior is a field, presumably somewhere in Buckinghamshire.

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Accompanied by Miss Verlane, Dick, in his Father's body, drives to Dr. Grimstone's school in a Bultitude & Paradine Horseless Carriage & Automatic Sedan Company "Wisp". The bridge over the River Misbourne on Village Road in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

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An elderly Bystander faints at the sight of the noisy contraption. Village Road, Denham with Misbourne Cottage in the background. The cottage can also be seen in 'Ghost of a Chance', 'Murder Ahoy' and 'Deadlock' while the bridge over the Misbourne appears in 'Don’t Take It to Heart', 'Too Many Crooks' and 'Man in the Moon'.