Directed by: Alejandro Amenabar Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Eric Sykes Production Company: Cruise/Wagner Productions, Sogecine, Las Producciones del Escorpión, Dimension Films, Canal+, Lucky Red, Miramax Kent Locations Used: Penshurst Place The Others is a supernatural thriller set in Jersey after the Second World War about a woman who lives in a darkened […]
Writers: Jeff Pope, Terry Winsor Director: Terry Winsor Starring: Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Creed-Miles, Larry Lamb Production Company: Granada Film Productions Kent Location: Dartford Crossing Essex Boys is a British crime thriller based loosely around events in 1995 that culminated in the murder of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex. Young taxi driver Billy Reynolds (Charlie Creed-Miles) […]
Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: William Goldman Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Parinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, Peter Falk and Andre the Giant Production Company: Act III Communications, Buttercup Films Ltd., The Princess Bride Ltd. Kent Locations used: Penshurst Place The Princess Bride is cult fantasy film, based on the 1973 book of the […]
Director: Don Siegel Writer: Leigh Vance (screenplay), Clive Egleton (novel) Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig Production Company: Universal Pictures Kent Locations Used: Ramsgate Hover port, Pegwell Bay The Black Windmill (1974) is a thriller about British agent Tarrant (Michael Caine) whose son has been kidnapped and is being held ransom for diamonds. Tarrant finds […]
Director: Leslie Norman Writer: Leslie Charteris, Leigh Vance Starring: Roger Moore, Jan Holden, John Carson, Kate O’Mara Production Company: Bamore, Incorporated Television Company (ITC) Kent Locations Used: Brands Hatch The Saint (1962-1969) is an ITV spy thriller series following Simon (The Saint) Templar, a wealthy adventurer who travels the world solving mysteries. Season 5 Episode […]
Director: William Wyler Starring: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Maurice Dallimore Production Company: Collector Company, Columbia Pictures Corporation Kent Locations Used: Gabriel’s Manor in Edenbridge and Westerham Village The Collector (1965) is a psychological thriller about the fantasies of Freddie Clegg (Terence Stamp). His obsession with collecting beautiful objects begins innocently with butterflies. However, after several […]
Director: Robert Hamer Starring: John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars Production Company: J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Europa, British Film-Makers Kent Locations Used: Gravesend, Stangate Creek The Long Memory (1953) is a black and white 1953 film based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Howard Clewes. The crime thriller is about Philip Davidson […]
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