I got a free copy of this film with a newspaper a few years back so this is a film only review. Plot: The war has ended and London bakes in a heatwave. Pimlico, like many other places across the country, is a mixture of undamaged buildings and houses and sites that have been bombed. They also have an unexploded bomb, lodged in a large open hole in the ground which has been surrounded by a makeshift cordon. When a group of local children accidentally roll a tractor tyre down the open hole the bomb goes off and, later, local resident Arthur Pemberton slides down the hole. Seeing gold goblets and coins he convinces himself that he's been ...  Read the complete review

One of my favourite films, Passport to Pimlico was a film I first saw when I was a child, and the concept of it really appealed to me. It came out in 1949, and is set a in post second world war London, Pimlico to be precise (funny that!). It stars Stanley Holloway (also in The Lavender Hill Mob, My Fair Lady and much more), Margaret Rutherford (Miss Marple), and a very early appearance from Charles Hawtry (Carry On films). To summarise slightly, because I don't want to give too much away, and besides, it is definitely a comedy worth seeing, there is an unexploded bomb, some kids are playing and accidentally(?) kick a tyre down the hole, which sets ...  Read the complete review