PENNY AND THE POWNALL CASE

GB
1948
47mins
Dir: Harry Hand
Starring: Christopher Lee and Diana Dors

Police use a glamour model to track down an international criminal gang

This second feature mystery thriller was one of Rank’s so-called ‘curtain raisers’. It isn’t particularly good but features quite a strong cast. At the beginning there is a scene filmed on the North Circular Road near Stonebridge Park and a goods train can be seen crossing one of the viaducts though only the wagons are visible.

In this view looking south west along the North Circular Road a freight train can be seen crossing one of the viaducts in Brent Yard