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Passport to Pimlico

  • 19491949
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 24m
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7.1/10
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Hermione Baddeley, Paul Dupuis, Stanley Holloway, and Margaret Rutherford in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
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Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
31,938
2,159
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    • Director
      • Henry Cornelius
    • Writer
      • T.E.B. Clarke(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Stanley Holloway
      • Betty Warren
      • Barbara Murray
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Henry Cornelius
    • Writer
      • T.E.B. Clarke(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Stanley Holloway
      • Betty Warren
      • Barbara Murray
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    • 48User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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    Trailer 2:23
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    Photos34

    Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Hue and Cry (1947)
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    Stanley Holloway in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Barbara Murray and John Slater in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Hermione Baddeley in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Margaret Rutherford in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Charles Hawtrey and Jane Hylton in Passport to Pimlico (1949)
    Jane Hylton in Passport to Pimlico (1949)

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    Stanley Holloway
    Stanley Holloway
    • Arthur Pemberton
    Betty Warren
    • Connie Pemberton
    Barbara Murray
    Barbara Murray
    • Shirley Pemberton
    Paul Dupuis
    Paul Dupuis
    • Duke of Burgundy
    John Slater
    John Slater
    • Frank Huggins
    Jane Hylton
    Jane Hylton
    • Molly
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Mr. Wix
    Philip Stainton
    • P.C.Spiller
    Roy Carr
    • Benny Spiller
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Fred Cowan
    Nancy Gabrielle
    • Mrs. Cowan
    Malcolm Knight
    • Monty Cowan
    Hermione Baddeley
    Hermione Baddeley
    • Edie Randall
    Roy Gladdish
    • Charlie Randall
    Frederick Piper
    • Garland
    Charles Hawtrey
    Charles Hawtrey
    • Bert Fitch
    Margaret Rutherford
    Margaret Rutherford
    • Professor Hatton-Jones
    Stuart Lindsell
    • Coroner
    • Director
      • Henry Cornelius
    • Writer
      • T.E.B. Clarke(original screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The outdoor scenes were shot in Lambeth, a mile away from Pimlico. A set was built on a large World War II bombsite just south of Lambeth at the junction of Hercules Road. This site is now the location for municipal flats built in the 1960s. However, the buildings on the junction of Hercules Road and Lambeth Road can still be recognized from this movie, as can the railway bridge going over Lambeth Road, particularly from the scenes where food is thrown over the blockade.
    • Goofs
      Frank Huggins appears with a group of men refilling the reservoir with a hosepipe, while simultaneously refilling his goldfish tank back at the shop.
    • Quotes

      Frederick Albert 'Fred' Cowan: You can't push English people around like sacks of potatoes.

      Jim Garland: English?

      Connie Pemberton: Don't you come that stuff, Jim Garland! We always were English, and we'll always be Englsh, and it's just because we are English that we're sticking up for our rights to be Burgundians!

    • Crazy credits
      Dedicated to the memory of Clothing Coupons and Ration cards.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tuesday's Documentary: The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      La Guajira
      (uncredited)

    User reviews48

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    An endearing look at London life that is gone but not forgotten
    Brace yourself for a shock - according to a recently-discovered and authentic legal document that is centuries old, Brooklyn belongs to Iceland! Consequently, people travelling to and from Brooklyn must now carry a passport or visa, declare items of value at the Brooklyn Customs points, and perhaps even converse in Icelandic!

    It is a similar, mind-bending assumption (with hilarious practical implications) that British viewers have to make when watching "Passport to Pimlico" (a London district near Buckingham Palace, no less). In the film, much of Pimlico (or "Burgundy" as it is now called) looks like a bomb-site, which it probably was still at that time in the aftermath of World War II.

    As one of the so-called "Ealing comedies", it ranks alongside other films in this group like "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Lavender Hill Mob" which parody - but in an affectionate way - various aspects of British social life. Conversation is always very parochial and petty. At the same time, this film preserves certain other conventions of the time - for example, there really was a restriction on how much money people could take out of Britain which lasted until the 1970s. In "Passport to Pimlico", people travelling on the underground railway have to declare there currency at the "Burgundy" Customs points. Above all, Margaret Rutherford stands out as the unworldly history professor with sweeping convictions. This charming films preserves a way of life which, though long gone, is not forgotten.
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    • Release date
      • October 26, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pasoš za Pimliko
    • Filming locations
      • Holborn Viaduct, Holborn, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Ealing Studios
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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