Leekbrookgull
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Been off this wet week and Hell drivers was on TV, add Robbery and Zulu as films. Surely much missed ?
[Film] Stanley Baker.
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el punal
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Here’s a little trivia quiz question for you - which film did Stanley Baker appear in with Laurence Olivier?
papachris
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If I remember correctly Hell Drivers was based on Hall & co in Redhill, Surrey
el punal
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You could be right - but they used to drive like loonies to/from the quarry at Washington on the A283 to Shoreham Cement Works?
The filming of Hell Drivers, I believe, took place in Italy.
dejavuatbtn
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The Mystery of the Turd in the Changing Room?
Cowfold Seagull
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Yep an iconic figure in the British film industry through three decades. Much missed indeed.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
97 and still going strong, funny man.
el punal
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Close but no cigar. It could have been the sequel though.
Cowfold Seagull
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Funny? he didn't do it for me l'm afraid.
papachris
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It's just I grew up in Redhill. And it's what I was told as a kid. May or May not be true
- Oct 17, 2008
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Richard III, that whole cast is incredible
Hell Drivers - what a film! Should be on the GCSE history curriculum! Oh for the days when all-British Beford lorries (great fun to drive, BTW) without a seat-belt in sight could roar along country lanes side by side, with nothing coming the other way (sadly not even an Arabella or Chantelle in their SUV on their way to the 500 metres school run!)
Cowfold Seagull
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Great fun to drive? you must have had strong arms, no power steering of course and they had the turning circle of a tank! Big heavy brutes.
An iconic British brand though over many years was Bedford.
What a cast! Stanley Baker plus a future James Bond, a future Dr Who, a future Man from UNCLE and a future Prisoner. All this and Herbert Lom too
- Jan 3, 2012
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Yes. Very clever and very funny.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Just bigger Vauxhalls!
el punal
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And a future Carry On man - Phwah! Ha!Ha!Ha!
Leekbrookgull
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Actually in my O/P i really failed to mention the cast and what a list that was. As for and it's just me but what an actor the late Stanley Baker was, taken from us way to early.
- Jan 19, 2010
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Hell Drivers was filmed in the UK, with the final scenes at Truleigh Hill.
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el punal
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I stand corrected. God knows where I got the Italy film location from!Hell Drivers was filmed in the UK, with the final scenes at Truleigh Hill.
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