Blockade in London (1949)
Mehrere Kinder verursachen im Londoner Stadtteil Pimlico die Explosion eines Blindgängers aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, weil sie den Reifen eines Traktors versehentlich in ein trichterförmiges Loch rollen. Infolgedessen wird ein Kellergewölbe freigelegt, aus dem eine uralte Kassette geborgen wird. Sie enthält nicht nur Goldmünzen und Schmuck, sondern auch ein Pergament. Die flugs herbeigeholte Professorin Hatton-Jones erkennt sofort die überragende Bedeutung dieses antiken Schriftstücks. Es handelt sich um einen einst von König Edward IV. ausgestellten Freibrief, dem zufolge er dieses Gebiet, also das heutige Pimlico, an den Herrscher Karl der Kühne abtritt und es als von England unabhängiges „burgundisches Land“ anerkennt.
Der Regisseur:
Henry Cornelius
Der Autor:
T. E. B. Clarke
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Stanley Holloway as Arthur Pemberton |
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Hermione Baddeley as Edie Randall |
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Margaret Rutherford as Professor Hatton-Jones |
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Paul Dupuis as Duke of Burgundy |
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Raymond Huntley as Mr. Wix |
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John Slater as Frank Huggins |
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Jane Hylton as Molly |
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Betty Warren as Connie Pemberton |
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Barbara Murray as Shirley Pemberton |
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Sydney Tafler as Fred Cowan |
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Frederick Piper as Garland |
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Philip Stainton as P.C. Spiller |
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Charles Hawtrey as Bert Fitch |
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Basil Radford as Gregg |
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Naunton Wayne as Straker |
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Roy Carr as Benny Spiller |
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Nancy Gabrielle as Mrs. Cowan |
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Malcolm Knight as Monty Cowan |
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Roy Gladdish as Charlie Randall |
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Stuart Lindsell as Coroner |
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Gilbert Davis as Bagshawe |
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Michael Hordern as Bashford |
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Arthur Howard as Bassett |
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Bill Shine as Captain Willow |
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Harry Locke as Sergeant |
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Sam Kydd as Sapper |
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Joey Carr as Dave Parsons |
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Lloyd Pearson as Fawcett |
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Arthur Denton as Customs Official |
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Tommy Godfrey as Bus Conductor |
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James Hayter as Commissionaire |
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Masoni as Conjurer |
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Fred Griffiths as Spiv |
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Grace Arnold as Pompous Woman |
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Paul Demel as Central European |
| Directing | Henry Cornelius | Director |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | T. E. B. Clarke | Screenplay |
| Production | E. V. H. Emmett | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Truman | Editor |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound |
| Camera | Cecil Cooney | Camera Operator |
| Art | Roy Oxley | Art Direction |
| Production | Ralph D. Hogg | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Sound | Arthur Bradburn | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Gordon Scott | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jean Graham | Continuity |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
