London Films

[Reno]

Bednobs & Broomsticks?

Mostly takes place in Dorset.

 

[krtek a houby]

Up the Junction
The Blue Lamp
To Sir With Love

 

[davesgcr]

"It Always rains on Sundays" - the East End in the 1940's. Good film for realism regarding the everyday life.

thumbs up for "The Blue Lamp" - Ladbroke Grove etc in the Rillington Place time , - and the dog track "Operation Turnstyle !" - (barked over a bakelite phone".

 

[stdP]

Nice to see the recommendation for Hue and Cry; in a similar vein there's a film called Pool of London recently re-done by the BFI. It's a fairly by the numbers heist film but a great showing of post-war London in the 50s and an early outing for the late, great Earl Cameron. Some great shots from in and around St. Pauls, Borough Market and Tower Bridge amongst others. It makes a great companion piece to the also excellent Night and the City that was mentioned above.

Pool of London (film) - Wikipedia

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And of course there's the peerless The Day the Earth Caught Fire, set almost entirely around Fleet Street. There's a few slightly ropey special effects but it has some of the best matte work of the era. One of Michael Caine's first appearances as well.

I don't think I've seen anyone mentioned Death Line yet - cannibal troglodytes at Russell Square tube station whilst Donald Pleasance tries to put his cockney accent out of it's misery by drowning it in tea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_line

 

[Reno]

Talking of films London films to do with the tube, much of Underground from 1928 takes place on the Northern Line.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Brixton, Soho, New Cross, Phil Collins, Caine, Hoskins, a white rabbit, and various fancy West London gaffs..London is all over this (and it all ends miserably in Brighton - which is what happens when people think that there is better than London!!!!)

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great film. Dont think phil collins is in it though.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

great film. Dont think phil collins is in it though.

his music is

 

[oryx]

Ken Loach's Poor Cow. Carol White and Terence Stamp in a gritty tale of life in what was then a working class area of London (Fulham) with a soundtrack by Donovan. Excellent, moving film.

 

[Humberto]

Wild Bill

 

[DaveCinzano]

Sitting Target makes great use of grimy 70s London

 

[DaveCinzano]

Sitting Target makes great use of grimy 70s London

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Director Douglas Hiscox added a few more upmarket locations when he brought over The Duke a few years later to make Brannigan

 

[D'wards]

Match Point has lovely shots of London

 

[UrbaneFox]

Vintage trailer for 10 Rillington Place, which was just behind Ladbroke Grove tube station.

Christie saying 'Now then, now then' is extra creepy.




PS They actually filmed it in 10 RP, not a studio !!!!!

 

[D'wards]

I've not seen it, its supposed to be pony, but from the trailer it looks to have good footage of London being blown up so I might give it a go

 

[Jay Park]

I've not seen it, its supposed to be pony, but from the trailer it looks to have good footage of London being blown up so I might give it a go

sorry, it's shit

 

[Jay Park]

Match Point has lovely shots of London

also shit

 

[Jay Park]

 

[Orang Utan]

Lots of great locations in the Vincent Price Shakespearean hamalot revenge thriller Theatre Of Blood - Hammersmith Bridge and other Thames locations

 

[stdP]

Lots of great locations in the Vincent Price Shakespearean hamalot revenge thriller Theatre Of Blood - Hammersmith Bridge and other Thames locations

If we're allowed to do films where "has some nice shots of London in it innit" rather than the thread spec wanting films that couldn't be set anywhere else, then I'd also like to mention the still relatively obscure Roger Moore flick The Man Who Haunted Himself. The opening scene is a real treat for 60s car fans as well showing Moore driving his Rover P5B from the City to the westway whilst taking in a lot of the scenery. I regard it as a minor masterpiece myself and it's certainly Moore's best acting work.

Reelstreets | Man Who Haunted Himself, The

www.reelstreets.com

Locations aren't it's strong suit, by Frears' Dirty Pretty Things gives, I thought, a good feel for the slightly seedy and slightly desperate world of the immigrant communities behind the London hospitality industry.

 

[A380]

Wouldn’t have made much sense if set in Scunthorpe. Although was set in a bizarre parallel London where only white people live...

 

[A380]

Lots of scenes of London- and I love how when they restored this 1966 film they put in real modern landmarks like the Eye...

 

[Orang Utan]

If we're allowed to do films where "has some nice shots of London in it innit" rather than the thread spec wanting films that couldn't be set anywhere else,

Dunno why you’re replying to this post as it deffo couldn’t be set anywhere else.

 

[krtek a houby]

Edgar Wright's retro horror could be a contender

 

[Jay Park]

been posted?

 

[cloudyday]

The Servant (1963) great film with some nice location shots around London, including Harold Pinter in a caff.

Love is the Devil (1998) get pissed up with Francis Bacon around Soho.

 

[not-bono-ever]

have I mentioned The Jokers yet ? Reed and Crawford in a caper about thieving the crown jewels, all London shot. Better than you would think for something directed by Mikey Winner.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Once a Jolly Swagman, 1949

about (motorcycle) speedway racing, much of it shot at New Cross Stadium

 

[blossie33]

Short film (42mins) Who are the Cockneys with Lionel Bart and singer Georgia Brown - about growing up in the East End, from 1968

 

[Nanker Phelge]

lots of Stepney and people my elders all knew

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I'd have been in a pram, not in the pram race