[10], Passport to Pimlico was produced by Michael Balcon, the head of Ealing Studios; he appointed Henry Cornelius as director.

Born: Hackney, London, 10 October 1930.

It was directed by Henry Cornelius and written by T. E. B. Clarke. The characters are sketchily drawn, and neither Stanley Holloway or Margaret Rutherford are given the opportunity to really turn in a memorable performance, or draw on any great depths. The narrative itself is about a section of London declaring itself independent from the rest of the UK and the chaos and uproar which ensues. Some of Britain's best artists, from Mr Holloway to Wayne and Radford and the delicious Miss Rutherford, having a wonderful time gently sticking it to the Home Office. One character declares that Nazis couldn't roust them out of their homes, and a little thing like this won't, either.

They organise a government, with the local shopkeepers and bank manager. Charles Leno played Pemberton, in a cast that included Christopher Lee, Gladys Henson and Kenneth Williams. It is way too dark and the audio is atrocious. When an unexploded bomb goes up in a street in the London area of Pimlico, it exposes a cave containing goblets, gold, art and other valuable artefacts. The most obvious comes up later in the film, when the British government is attempting to starve out the people of Pimlico to make them accede to the British demands. A seguire probabilmente ci saranno i tedeschi… o forse i russi se valutiamo tutta la storia»«Ma sai chi di sicuro…. I like the movie but the quality of the print and sound were unsatisfactory. They are trapped, having not thought to bring passports to Pimlico. Apparently, the headquarters for the Free French were there, which is probably yet another inspiration for the events in the film.

Clarke". Not Exactly an Airlift My first awareness of the region of London known as Pimlico cannot be what I remember it to be. Stanley Holloway Hermione Baddeley Margaret Rutherford Paul Dupuis Raymond Huntley John Slater Jane Hylton Betty Warren Barbara Murray Sydney Tafler Frederick Piper Philip Stainton Charles Hawtrey Basil Radford Naunton Wayne Roy Carr Nancy Gabrielle Malcolm Knight Roy Gladdish Stuart Lindsell Gilbert Davis Michael Hordern Arthur Howard Bill Shine Harry Locke Sam Kydd Joey Carr Lloyd Pearson Arthur Denton The children are evacuated and food is stored away. An average of ten takes a day were taken, in an attempt to get two and a half minutes of usable film per day. Too bad. It becomes clear to the British diplomats assigned to find a solution that defeating the Burgundians through starvation is both difficult and unpopular with the British people, so they negotiate. When you cut yourself, do you bleed interminably?” Professor Hatton-Jones (Margaret Rutherford).

The reason I bought it was to see the end credits. The result is a brilliant examination of English culture's search for new unifying glue following the end of the war against Germany, alongside resonance with the dissolution of the British Empire and British Isle separatist movements.