WOMAN OF STRAW

GB
1964
2hrs 02mins
Dir: Basil Dearden
Starring: Sean Connery and Gina Lollabrigida

A ne’er-do-well nephew enlists help from his uncle’s carer to take his fortune by means of marriage

This crime thriller is based on the 1954 novel La Femme de paille by Catherine Arley. There is one scene that cuts to the front of a speeding London Underground sub-surface stock train which passes before the camera zooms in on the lit window of a terraced house next to the track. It’s night-time, so it’s impossible to tell where it is or whether it’s O/P or R stock, but it is an Underground train nonetheless.