Director: Henry Cornelius
Release Date: May 1953
The Daily Mirror, 24 September 1952, reported that scenes for ‘Genevieve, a new film featuring the famous “Old Crocks” car run from London to Brighton’ were ‘being shot in Hyde Park, London, yesterday.’ The Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette added, 24 October, ‘Genevieve, starring Kay Frances,[sic] was the name of the film of which shots were made in Yiewsley last week. “Old Crock” cars were filmed in streets near the railway bridge.’ On 28 October the Daily News noted that Kay Kendall hugged ‘a hot-water bottle to keep warm during yesterday’s filming on Lambeth Bridge’. If such scenes were shot they did not make it to the finished film, but this may refer to filming which took place on Westminster Bridge. The Peterborough Evening Telegraph added, 13 November, that the unit had been on location in ‘Lambeth’s famous Old Kent Road. Crowds turned out to watch stars John Gregson and Kenneth More battle for first place in a dare-devil road race in two 50-year-old cars. The gallant veterans – a 1904 Darracq and an equally ancient Spyker – weaved in and out of the traffic then roared neck and neck down the straight en route for Westminster Bridge.’ A second piece in the Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette recorded that scenes with veteran cars were ‘shot in The Lynch [Uxbridge] last week’. While the Lynch doesn’t feature in the film the close by Chapel Street does.
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John Gregson chases a colleague within the Royal Courts of Justice.
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Gregson crossing Strand as he heads to his car.
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Gregson reaches Genevieve in Strand.
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With St. Clement Danes to the right Gregson drives west in Strand.
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Rutland Mews South, facing Ennismore Street, as Gregson arrives home.
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More of Rutland Mews South as Dinah Sheridan, playing Gregson's wife, arrives home.
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Gregson and Sheridan in Hyde Park, by The Serpentine, being interviewed by Leslie Mitchell.
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As the rally heads to Brighton it exits Hyde Park, by Apsley House, at Hyde Park Corner.
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The view from Horse Guards Road as the cars exit The Mall by the Duke of York's Steps.
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The Mall?
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The Mall.
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Kenneth More and Kay Kendall approaching on Westminster Bridge.
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Kennington Road, facing north from the junction at Lambeth Road, where the building by Kendall's right elbow appears to be on the corner of Cosser Street.
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Kennington Road where the Cinzano advert is on the north side of Lambeth Road.
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The view from Grosvenor Road as the rally exits Antrobus Street by the heat Accumulator Tower, Churchill Estate Gardens.
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Facing north along Kennington Road, where next on the right is Brook Drive and the houses in the distance are on the north side of Lambeth Road.
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Unidentified. On the return run from Brighton Gregson and Sheridan pass this pleasant looking industrial scene.
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Unidentified.
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The view from Gregson's car, as he pulls up in Tavistock Road, is across High Street, Yiewsley, to the De Burgh Arms.
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With High Street behind him Gregson faces into Tavistock Road.
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Tavistock Road as More and Kendall join Gregson.
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The railway bridge in High Street as the police approach the corner at Tavistock Road.
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More, Kendall, Gregson and Sheridan crossing High Street as they approach Tavistock Road.
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More of Tavistock Road.
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Facing north along High Street, with Tavistock Road to the left.
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Facing north west along Old Kent Road where Mina Road is extreme left and next on the right is Dunton Road.
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Racing south east along Old Kent Road having just passed Marcia Road.
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Facing west in The Broadway, Southall.
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The north side of The Broadway as the foursome attempt to rush the children across the road.
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Facing east along The Broadway with Herbert Road to the right.
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Facing north west along Old Kent Road where the pub, in front of the bus, is at the corner of Trafalgar Avenue.
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Old Kent Road, facing north west, by the disused tram crossover immediately north of Marlborough Grove.
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Old Kent Road, facing south east, with Trafalgar Avenue extreme right.
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With RAF Uxbridge to the left the view is south along Hillingdon Road where More is caught behind a slow moving car.
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Still caught behind the slow moving car More reaches High Street where the bus is exiting the forecourt at Uxbridge Station.
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The view north along Chapel Street, Uxbridge, as More follows the slow moving car out of New Windsor Street.
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More pulling up outside 33 Chapel Street.
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Gregson and Sheridan reach The Crescent, Southall.
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Gregson driving in Hercules Road, Lambeth, at the corner of Newham Terrace.
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A little more of an interesting looking junction.
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The view south into Hercules Road as More and Kendall arrive.
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More of the junction.
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As they are waved on the view is across Hercules Road into Westminster Bridge Road along with a partial shot of Christ Church.
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More and Kendall heading north along Albert Embankment towards Lambeth Bridge.
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Gregson driving out of Hercules Road into Westminster Bridge Road with Baylis Road on the far side of the street.
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Facing south along Albert Embankment with Vauxhall Bridge in the distance.
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More involved in a crash on Lambeth Palace Road with the Medical School and St. Thomas' Hospital in the distance.
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The reverse shot shows a bus on Lambeth Bridge.
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Gregson and Sheridan heading north along Lambeth Palace Road passing St. Thomas' Hospital.
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Facing north in Lambeth Palace Road, as More approaches, with St. Thomas's Mansions to the left, Stangate Chambers to the right and Westminster Bridge Road in the distance.
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Gregson pulled up in Stangate looking back at More stalled in Lambeth Palace Road. St. Thomas's Mansions are on the left while the traffic light, extreme right is on the corner at Stangate Street.
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More of Stangate and St. Thomas's Mansions.
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Westminster Bridge Road as Gregson pushes his car towards Westminster Bridge.
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Having just exited Stangate More and Kendall are heading east along Westminster Bridge Road, where the next turning the left is York Road.