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Chain of Events (1958)
Entertaining British Thriller
Splendid film showing how a small action by one person can cause huge consequences to others, the butterfly effect basically.
Besides the plots, what is most enjoyable in British films of this period is trying to recognise the locations and seeing the wonderful old vehicles used. This, together with spotting the character actors especially those uncredited, makes for a thoroughly entertaining hour or two. This is an entertaining film with good cast and well paced. Susan Shaw always looks stunning and it is sad that the death of her husband caused her to drink and subsequently die at an early age. Freddie Mills is always good value but also had a tragic end in real life.
Filmed mainly around Uxbridge High Street, Windsor Street and Tube Station together with some footage of Station Parade, Beaconsfield and Hyde Park Place, it is fascinating to see how places have changed over the years. This is not always for the best.
The vehicles involved include a rather nice Bentley R Type, Drop Head Coupe which is still extant albeit with new paintwork, a Hillman Husky which probably rusted away completely very quickly as that model was prone to do and a wonderful Standard Flying 14 which I would love to have owned.
Altogether well worth watching.
Timeslip (1955)
Spoiled by American who should have stuck to dancing..
Not one of the best British Science Fiction films but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Good to see a couple of appearances by Charles Hawtrey and a very brief appearance by William Lucas. The prize for spotting though must be Percy Herbert appearing for less than a second firing pistol out of a moving car. I mistook him for Sam Kydd, it was so quick. Shame his aim wasn't better.
It would have been more enjoyable if the reporter had been played by someone who could act, preferably British. American Gene Nelson should have stuck to dancing. His character comes across as the usual really irritating American with silly hat who thinks he knows it all. Fifth rate actors like him feature regularly in British films of the 1950s to improve their chances of being shown in America. Apparently unless a film had an American hero there was little interest in the USA.