23 Paces to Baker Street
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23 Paces to Baker Street

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Duration:
103 min
Genres:
Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1956-07-27
Filming Locations: Barkers of Kensington, 63 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Van Johnson
Phillip Hannon
Vera Miles
Jean Lennox
Cecil Parker
Bob Matthews
Patricia Laffan
Miss Alice MacDonald
Maurice Denham
Inspector Grovening
Estelle Winwood
Barmaid at The Eagle
Liam Redmond
Joe
Isobel Elsom
Lady Syrett
Martin Benson
Pillings
Natalie Norwick
Janet Murch
Terence de Marney
Det. Sgt. Luce
Robin Alalouf
Bellboy (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan
Lift Operator (uncredited)
Arthur Gomez
Mr. Da Mestre (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Pinball Player (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Walter Horsbrugh
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Janice Kane
Miss Da Mestre (uncredited)
Charles Keane
Policeman (uncredited)
Lucie Lancaster
Miss Marston (uncredited)
Howard H. Lang
Doorman (uncredited)
Queenie Leonard
Miss Elsie Schuyler (uncredited)
Phyllis Montefiore
Mrs. Da Mestre (uncredited)
Robert Raglan
Police Inspector (uncredited)
Maggie Rennie
Housewares Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Stuart Saunders
Policeman (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Man Lost In Fog (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood
Cabby
Leslie Sketchley
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Stanley
Photographer (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)
Ben Wright
Simmons - Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Trivia
The central plot-gimmick about the mysterious "Mr Evans" and its final revelation was taken from the "Mr Christopher" strand in The House on 92nd Street (1945), also directed by Henry Hathaway in 1945.
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The film maximised 20th Century-Fox's "frozen funds": money earned in England by the studio which, by law, could only be spent there. Hence the extensive location footage is genuinely shot in London, whilst the interiors are all Los Angeles-based.
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The department store visited by Alice MacDonald and Bob Matthews is genuine shop Barkers of Kensington. The 135 year old art-deco establishment closed in January 2006.
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Goofs
When Miss Lennox arrives at Philip's flat, she takes off her hat and puts it on a table. She doesn't put it on again before she leaves.
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(At 02.40) There is a half inch of tape on the take up spool on the tape recorder. Philip asks Bob to type up what he had just recorded. Bob proceeds to remove the take-up spool (should have been the full, left-hand spool) which suddenly has no tape on it, and takes it into his office "to listen to it".
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Jean Lennox is able to reel off Phil's entire address by the time she visits the Unity Domestic Bureau, despite having only been in the area for roughly a day.
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Quotes
Phillip Hannon: [blind man] Well how does it look? Is it beautiful?
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Photos from cast
Michael Trubshawe
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