Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
John Adams
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Anne Blake
- Mrs. Wilson
- (uncredited)
Donald Bradley
- Youth in Turntable
- (uncredited)
Fanny Carby
- Woman with Pram
- (uncredited)
Peggy Ann Clifford
- Mrs. Wilson's Neighbour
- (uncredited)
Alan Coleshill
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Wendy Craig
- Receptionist
- (uncredited)
David de Keyser
- Ticket Clerk
- (uncredited)
Jill Dixon
- Joan
- (uncredited)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFeature directorial debut of Clive Donner.
- GaffesMolly folds the newspaper with the robbery headlines up and puts it inside her handbag, but when Freddie enters the kitchen the folded newspaper is on top of her handbag.
- Citations
Harry: You're late.
Mike Wilson: Yes, I missed the bus this morning.
Harry: You missed the bus years ago.
- Bandes originalesBut You
By Ray Martin (as Lester Powell) and Jack Fishman (as Danny Maule)
Sung by Jimmy Parkinson
Accompaniment directed by Eric Jupp (uncredited)
on a Columbia Record
Commentaire en vedette
My Childood
Robbery story aside, this film is wonderful in its portrayal of children's lives in the lost world of grimy post-war Britain. A place where 3 year-olds could be allowed to play, unsupervised on bomb-sites amid rusting abandoned cars and ruined buildings. Where "dens" and "camps" could be built and secret places discovered. One priceless scene in this environment is where Freddy's younger brother, having discovered a large diamond, immediately swaps it with another child for a penny. She in turn swaps it with another child and it goes on until it changes hands at the astronomical price of one shilling and three pence (seven and a half p) . Reminded me very much of my own childhood during this period, where swaps were the order of the day. The perceived value of an item often being greater or less than its actual value, depending upon the individuals involved in the deal.
The follow up in the story is an amusing sequence where the Police have to backtrack the deals, questioning the tight-lipped kids, in order to find the diamonds's origin.
Love watching these films. I am always puzzled by the apparent age of kids parents. Freddy is about fifteen. At his age my parents were 36, but his parents look ancient. Belinda Lee, who plays Molly, was 22 at the time, but her mother (Gretchen Franklin) has the appearance of an old age pensioner! Maybe its just their clothes? In American films of the era it's even worse. With grey-haired dowagers parenting 10 year-olds!
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- TondaCoolwal
- 11 nov. 2020
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Am Rande der Unterwelt
- Lieux de tournage
- Tom Thumb's Arch underline railway bridge, Mostyn Grove, Bow East, Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(The place where Molly meets Gerry to tell him she has failed to recover the stolen diamonds from Freddie Haywood. Ordell Road, filmed on a summer evening, can be seen during their conversation as well as electric trains on the Shenfield line.)
- société de production
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- Durée1 heure 38 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was The Secret Place (1957) officially released in Canada in English?
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