Sighted: Ah There You Are!

[Gerald Lovell]

A quick exit is called for:


And Andy Ho is caught puffing a fag before hailing a taxi



The exit is to get to Euston Station where Charles Rayford is checking tickets at the entrance. Talk about overdressed, and for a journey to Glasgow, missus!



But after that British Rail interlude, it's back to the Lotus Club and it appears it's Peter Roy looking disinterested as the showgirls arrive



Bobby Vee gets his turn to sing and John Doye his turn to appear almost picture centre, mildly more interested



And finally Billy and Anna get the brush-off from club caretaker John Dunbar.

[Gerald Lovell]

When there's a "State Visit" from 'Cozy-gin', Alf and Else head to Downing State for a chance to boo in TILL DEATH US DO PART (tx: 20.02.1967):



Joining in the boos is Bill Burridge (far right, just like Alf!).

[philly]

Great caps Gerald for Play it Cool, i have revisited this film a few times, always seem to spot someone new, i hadn't noticed John Doye and Peter Roy. Frank Littlewood is the guy behind Alf in 'Till Death...'.

[philly]

I suspect 'I Thank a Fool' (1962) has been covered because Fred Woods credit is at IMDb, i'll be brief with the summary then.
Christine Allison a doctor is charged and convicted of manslaughter, she ended her partners life at his request, he was in severe pain suffering a terminal illness (probably cancer but it did not mention the word), on release she struggles to get work until an offer arrives from someone who wants her to look after his mentally ill wife. The offer comes from Stephen Dane (Peter Finch) the Barrister who prosecuted her, reluctant at first, she agrees, his wife Liane (Diane Cilento) thinks her father Captain Ferris (Cyril Cusack) is dead, Christine takes her to see him in Ireland, this does not go well and Liane runs away, unfortunately she falls, taken to the local inn the Doctor (Richard Leech) gives Christine some sleeping pills to sedate Liane telling her to give her two. The following morning Liane is found dead from an overdose, the bottle mysteriously having disappeared from Christine's bedroom. At the inquest suspicion is cast on Christine as her history is revealed, Captain Ferris goads her while looking at his pocket watch, she remembers it being in Liane's possesion the night before, he panics and alerts police attention, he leans against a dodgy fence which collapses and he falls to his doom.

Jury Top Row L-R - Hubert Hill, Muriel Greenslade, John Adams, George Curtis, Jack Armstrong, Reg Thomasom
Bottom Row L-R - Fred Maxted, UM13, UM30, ?, UF35, James Ure
John Benson dying partner - Roy Everson
People in the public gallery - Pearl Walters, Mabel Etherington, Tony Castleton, Philip Stewart, Victor Chapman, Gerry Judge, UF48
WPC - Lola Morice
Court Official - Bob E Raymond, Ernest Blyth, Otto Friese, John Smart, Victor Chapman (again), UM12,UM43
Court Recorder - Sheila Aza
Barristers and Junior Counsel - Tony Mendleson, Guy Standeven, Paul Berardi, George Holdcroft, Dennis Carnell
Policemen in Court - John Wilder, Jeffrey Silk, George Hilsdon, UM1
Court Reporters - Manny Michael,
Solicitor - UM108, UM132
Clerk of the Court - Fred Machon
Policeman Outside Court - Robert Vossler
Prisoner in Black Moria - Marjie Lawrence
Employment Exchange Clerk - Ned Hood
Uniformed Policemen with Detective - Jack Silk
Policeman at New Brighton Fair - George Hilsdon (again)
People at Race Meeting - George Curtis (again), Ian Selby, Robin Burns, Keith Peacock, Joseph Tregonino, George Holdcroft (again), Guy Standeven (again), Paul Phillips, Mary Maxted, Alan Gibbs, John Lynn, Andrew Andreas, Austin Cooper, Jim Tyson, Wallace Bosco, Jimmy Cains, Joe Wadham, Edith Raye, George Curtis (again), UF10, UF23, UF13, UM36, UM42, UM43 (again), UM79, UM101, UM113, UM116, UM121, UM127, UM132 (again)
Bookie - David Storm
Waiter - Gerald Paris
Record Shop Customers - Jo Enrika, Alan Meacham, Dan Cressy, Robin Hawdon
Irish Pub Customer - Harry Drew, Jack May, John Timberlake, Neil Osbourne, Pat Ryan, Ernie Rice,
Pub Landlady - Ursula Granville
People at Inquest - Fred Davis, Hilda Green, Maxwell Craig, Johnny Rossi, Angela Kay, Bob E Raymond (again), Ned Hood (again), Robin Burns (again), UF44, UM17, UM91, UM125
Irish Policemen - Pat Ryan (again), George Curtis (again again), UM23

[Gerald Lovell]

Thanks for that, philly. And I'm not sure I Thank a Fool has been done before, as there's loads of names in it I hadn't noted down previously. Not nearly so many though who are Comin' thro' the Rye in 1947:


Molly Weir gets a credit but no role attribution. As well as looking twee here, she also does some jarring narration throughout parts of the film



Grace Denbigh Russell as Mrs. Macrae is not looking quite so twee



At Kirkton Jean's Tavern, singing along with Robert Burns, top right hand of the table doing a Peter Hawkins lookalike could well be the film's Associate Producer and Director Walter C. Mycroft



And as Molly continues to twee and Trefor Jones continues to trill, that looks rather like the young Old Codger on the right.

[Tigon Man]

A quick exit is called for:


And Andy Ho is caught puffing a fag before hailing a taxi



The exit is to get to Euston Station where Charles Rayford is checking tickets at the entrance. Talk about overdressed, and for a journey to Glasgow, missus!



But after that British Rail interlude, it's back to the Lotus Club and it appears it's Peter Roy looking disinterested as the showgirls arrive



Bobby Vee gets his turn to sing and John Doye his turn to appear almost picture centre, mildly more interested



And finally Billy and Anna get the brush-off from club caretaker John Dunbar.

John Dunbar seems to be channelling his inner Norman Evans in that photo. Over my Porters broom!

[dissolute]

Did I miss something? Is the artist formerly known as Peter Rendell now Hubert Hill or do they just look exactly the same?

[philly]

dissolute the mis-identification of Peter Rendell was discussed at the old forum, i first raised questions when i saw him as 'Hubert Hill' in Spotlight.

Further note on 'I Thank a Fool'
IMDb has Judith Furse as a warden, she isn't in the film, Christine is seen entering the prison in the Black Moria and the next scene she is leaving by foot after 18 months, possibly a deleted scene set in the prison?

[Gerald Lovell]

Movie Dude has already carried out Operation Amsterdam (1959), so not too many to add, especially as the big scenes were filmed in Holland with locals in attendance, but the Pinewood sequences yield:



What looks like the face of David Spenser second left on board John Horsley's destroyer



What looks like the chin of Jimmy Cains second left inside Malcolm Keen's diamond dealers' den



And what is certainly George Hilsdon and Jack Hetherington dealing diamonds, along with the beard of Carl Jaffé and the big ears of Oscar Quitak. IMDb includes Karel Stepanek as one of the uncredited diamond merchants, but I didn't see him, and it's maybe a misidentification of Carl, whose grandson I hope will be back with us.

[Gerald Lovell]

More dishing out of diamonds:

Comes courtesy of John Wilder, with a miserable-looking Alexander Knox in the background, and that's maybe because he never gets out of a dirty old mac in the entire 104 minutes of the film



Resistance is Dutch, including Eva Bartok, Peter Swanwick and Ernest Fennemore, joined by another mac-lover, the blurry Tony Britton

And more Dutch defiance from Cyril Kent, as Alex descends to the lower floor gents' department to try on some new coats, as the film gives him not else much to do.

Tim Turner appears as a Dutch lieutenant wearing an amazingly-tall hat. However, he also dubs the voice of the British Intelligence officer at the beginning of the film who sends the lads on their mission

[cornershop15]

#additional sighting An admiring glance from Peter Wyngarde as Mary Maxted wanders
through the market in this shot from the Sword of Freedom episode The Sicilian (1957):






Re: Extras in Opening Titles

(cf. Cy Town in Curry & Chips, Harry Fielder in Special Branch, etc.)

Ernest Jennings seizes the opportunity to grab Noel Coleman's gun when the Commander
(of British Secret Intelligence) questions him inThe Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974):




Edgar Briggs was played by David Jason, not Ernest!



PC Ron Gregory, I think, in the closing titles of another 1970s sitcom, The Fosters (1976):

[Gerald Lovell]

#additional sighting An admiring glance from Peter Wyngarde as Mary Maxted wanders
through the market in this shot from the Sword of Freedom episode The Sicilian (1957):






Re: Extras in Opening Titles

(cf. Cy Town in Curry & Chips, Harry Fielder in Special Branch, etc.)

Ernest Jennings seizes the opportunity to grab Noel Coleman's gun when the Commander
(of British Secret Intelligence) questions him inThe Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974):




Edgar Briggs was played by David Jason, not Ernest!



PC Ron Gregory, I think, in the closing titles of another 1970s sitcom, The Fosters (1976):

For some reason, I am not seeing your screencaps, cornershop.

[Gerald Lovell]

Looking through Look Back in Anger (1958):



Down the market where angry Richard Burton sells sweets, the copper looks like gaunt Jeff Silk



Down the cemetery where sorrowful Richard Burton sees off Edith Evans, the vicar looks like windswept Philip Locke



And then we go back down the market where rotund Madge Brindley buys some cough drops



And where skinny Anthony Lang browses.

[Gerald Lovell]

There's an altercation involving stockings:



And Burton, Gary Raymond and Donald Pleasence are looking into them. A further altercation is that IMDb has Catherine Willmer listed as a waitress instead of a nylon nagger



As Gary and Richard swap tips on Welsh accents, or possibly being miniature Liberaces, Jack Sharp saunters by



Swiftly followed by Norman Fisher



And then by Hilda Green. None of them buy Richard's sweets



But Robin Burns looks pleased about buying an over 50s rail card down the station. Though Mary Ure looks back quite angry as she realises it would have been cheaper to buy two off-peak singles.

[cornershop15]

For some reason, I am not seeing your screencaps, cornershop.

I can't understand why, Gerald. They're showing up in your reply. Is anyone else having this problem?

In the hope you can all see this, an alternative shot of the policeman who I believe to be Ron Gregory:



Comparison with Movie Dude's image from The Saint episode The Crooked Ring (1965)