GB 1964 1hr 25mins Dir: Philip Ford Starring: Charles Tingwell and Jane Barratt
The adventures of a Great Dane and her adoption by the family who come to live in her old home
This family adventure film from the CFF was adapted from a television series that was originally broadcast as six episodes entitled ‘Danger, Keep Out’, ‘The Dog Catchers’, ‘The Rescue’, ‘The Fugitives’, ‘The Dog Prison’ and ‘The Battle’. The version I watched was a Geman production in three seperate parts that were all interlinked into an 85 minute film, but whatever its origins, the ‘tail’ has some good railway scenes towards the end where Junia the Great Dane makes her way home by train. These scenes were all filmed at Brighton with a 2 BIL EMU and 3D DEMU No.1304 seen departing. The shot of the latter is particularly good and gives us a rare glimpse of these DEMUs in their original condition. There is also a brief shot of the frontage to Worthing Central station though no actual filming took place here.