Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Passport to Pimlico is often seen retrospectively as whimsical, but drafts of earlier versions of the film demonstrate a more sharply political edge.

Left to right: Arthur Pemberton (Stanley Holloway), Connie Pemberton (Betty Warren), and PC Ted Spiller (Philip Stainton) in discussion in the Pembertons’ shop in 1949’s Passport to Pimlico (Ealing Studios).

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