Editing Passport to Pimlico

{{Short description|1949 film directed by Henry Cornelius}}
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{{Infobox film
 | name = Passport to Pimlico
 | image = Passport to Pimlico film.jpg
 | caption = Original UK cinema poster
 | director = [[Henry Cornelius]]
 | producer = [[Michael Balcon]]
 | writer = [[T. E. B. Clarke]]
 | starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Stanley Holloway]]
* [[Hermione Baddeley]]
* [[Margaret Rutherford]]
* [[Paul Dupuis]]
* [[Raymond Huntley]]
* [[John Slater (actor)|John Slater]]
* [[Jane Hylton]]
* [[Betty Warren]]
* [[Barbara Murray]]
* [[Basil Radford]]
* [[Naunton Wayne]]
}}
 | cinematography = [[Lionel Banes]]
 | music = [[Georges Auric]]
 | editing = [[Michael Truman]]
 | distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (UK)
 | studio = [[Ealing Studios]]
 | budget =£276,787<ref name="money">Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 355. Gross is distributor's gross receipts.</ref>
 |gross= £104,444<ref name="money"/>
 | released = {{film date|1949|4|28|UK|df=y}}
 | runtime = 84 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=Passport to Pimlico|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/passport-pimlico-1970-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005214529/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/passport-pimlico-1970-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2016|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
 | language = English
 | country = United Kingdom
}}
'''''Passport to Pimlico''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] made by [[Ealing Studios]] and starring [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Margaret Rutherford]] and [[Hermione Baddeley]]. It was directed by [[Henry Cornelius]] and written by [[T. E. B. Clarke]]. The story concerns the unearthing of treasure and documents that lead to a small part of [[Pimlico]] to be declared a legal part of the [[Duchy of Burgundy|House of Burgundy]], and therefore exempt from the [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|post-war rationing]] or other bureaucratic restrictions in Britain.

''Passport to Pimlico'' explores the spirit and unity of wartime London after the war and offers an examination of the English character. Like other [[Ealing comedies]], the film pits a small group of British people against a series of changes to the ''status quo'' from an external agent. The story was an original concept by the screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke. He was inspired by an incident during the Second World War, when the maternity ward of [[Ottawa Civic Hospital]] was [[Extraterritoriality of Princess Margriet's birth|temporarily declared extraterritorial]] by the Canadian government so that when [[Juliana of the Netherlands|Princess Juliana of the Netherlands]] gave birth, the baby was born on Dutch territory and would not lose her right to the throne.

''Passport to Pimlico'' was well-received on its release. The film was released in the same year as ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' and ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''. ''Passport to Pimlico'' was nominated for the [[British Academy Film Award]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]] and the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Writing (Story and Screenplay)]]. There have since been two [[BBC Radio]] adaptations: the first in 1952, the second in 1996.

==Plot==
The film's opening credits end with the words "dedicated to the memory of", with an image of Second World War [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|British food and clothing ration coupons]].{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=138}}

In post-[[Second World War]] London, an [[Unexploded ordnance|unexploded bomb]] detonates in Miramont Gardens, [[Pimlico]]. The explosion reveals a long-buried cellar containing artwork, coins, jewellery and an ancient manuscript. The document is authenticated by the historian Professor Hatton-Jones as a royal charter of [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] that ceded a house and its estates to [[Charles the Bold|Charles]], the last [[Duke of Burgundy]], when he sought refuge there after being presumed dead at the 1477 [[Battle of Nancy]]. As the charter had never been revoked, an area of Pimlico is declared to still be a legal part of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]].

As the British government has no legal jurisdiction, it requires the local residents to form a representative committee according to the laws of the long-defunct dukedom before negotiating with them. Ancient Burgundian law requires that the duke himself appoint a council. Sébastien de Charolais arrives and presents his claim to the title, which is verified by Professor Hatton-Jones. He forms the governing body, which includes Spiller, the local policeman; Mr. Wix, the manager of the bank branch; and Arthur Pemberton, a neighbourhood shopkeeper, who is appointed as Burgundy's prime minister. The council begin discussions with the government, particularly about the Burgundian treasure.

After it dawns on people that Burgundy is not subject to [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|post-war rationing]] or other bureaucratic restrictions, the district is quickly flooded with [[black market]]eers and shoppers. Spiller is unable to handle the rising tide of problems by himself. In response, the British authorities surround the Burgundian territory with barbed wire. The residents retaliate against what they see as heavy-handed bureaucratic action; they stop a [[London Underground]] train as it passes through Burgundy, and ask to see passports of all passengers: those without documents are prevented from proceeding.

The British government responds by breaking off negotiations and isolating Burgundy. Power, water and deliveries of food are all cut off at the border. The residents are invited to "emigrate" to England, but they are defiant. Late one night, the Burgundians covertly connect a hose to a nearby British water main and fill a bomb crater, solving the water problem, but this floods the food store. Unable to overcome this new problem, the Burgundians prepare to give up. Sympathetic Londoners begin to throw food parcels across the barrier, and soon others join in. A helicopter pumps milk through a hose, and pigs are parachuted into the area.

Meanwhile, the British government comes under public pressure to resolve the situation. It becomes clear to the British diplomats assigned to find a solution that defeating the Burgundians through starvation is both difficult and unpopular with the British people, so they negotiate. The sticking point turns out to be the disposition of the unearthed treasure. Wix, now the Burgundian chancellor of the exchequer, suggests a Burgundian loan of the treasure to Britain. With the final piece of the deadlock eliminated, Burgundy reunites with Britain, which also sees the return of rationing for food and clothing to the area. The celebratory outdoor banquet is interrupted by heavy rain and the temperature plunges.

==Cast==
{{cast list|
* [[Stanley Holloway]] as Arthur Pemberton
* [[Betty Warren]] as Connie Pemberton
* [[Barbara Murray]] as Shirley Pemberton
* [[Paul Dupuis]] as Sébastien de Charolais, [[Duke of Burgundy]]
* [[John Slater (actor)|John Slater]] as Frank Huggins
* [[Jane Hylton]] as Molly Reed
* [[Raymond Huntley]] as Mr. Wix
* [[Philip Stainton]] as PC Spiller
* Roy Carr as Benny Spiller
* [[Sydney Tafler]] as Fred Cowan
* Nancy Gabrielle as Mrs. Cowan
* Malcolm Knight as Monty Cowan
* [[Hermione Baddeley]] as Edie Randall
* Roy Gladdish as Charlie Randall
* [[Frederick Piper]] as Jim Garland
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] as Bert Fitch
* [[Margaret Rutherford]] as Professor Hatton-Jones
* [[Naunton Wayne]] as Straker
* [[Basil Radford]] as Gregg
* [[Paul Demel]] as Central European
* [[Michael Hordern]] as the Metropolitan policeman
* [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shelley |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsOSKIVbGUQC&pg=PA79 |title=Australian Horror Films, 1973-2010 |date=2012 |page=79 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8993-0 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Howard]] as Bassett
}}

==Themes==
''Passport to Pimlico'' contains numerous references to the Second World War and [[Labour Government 1945-1951|the postwar Labour Government]] to accentuate the spirit within the small Burgundian enclave. The scholar of [[film studies]], Charles Barr, in his examination of the Ealing films, observes that in opposing the British government, the Burgundians "recover the spirit, the resilience and local autonomy and ''unity'' of wartime London".{{sfn|Barr|1977|p=103}} Barr suggests the actions "re-enact,&nbsp;... in miniature, the war experience of Britain itself".{{sfn|Barr|1977|p=104}} The film historian Mark Duguid, writing for the [[British Film Institute]], considers that the opposition is a "yearning nostalgia for the social unity of the war years".<ref name=screenonline>{{cite web|last=Duguid|first=Mark|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441383/|title=Passport to Pimlico (1949)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|work=[[Screenonline]]|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

The film historians Anthony Aldgate and Jeffrey Richards describe ''Passport to Pimlico'' as a progressive comedy because it upsets the established social order to promote the well-being of a community.{{sfn|Aldgate|Richards|1999|p=155}} The view of the community put forward in the film has been criticised as being anachronistic, as the wartime unity had already passed by 1949.{{sfn|Geraghty|2002|p=57}} According to Aldgate and Richards, the welcome return to the ration books at the end of the film signifies an acceptance that the measures of the British government are in the best interests of the people.{{sfn|Aldgate|Richards|1999|p=155}}

The device of pitting a small group of British against a series of changes to the ''status quo'' from an external agent leads the British Film Institute to consider ''Passport to Pimlico'', along with other of the Ealing comedies, as "conservative, but 'mildly anarchic' daydreams, fantasies".{{sfn|Duguid|Freeman|Johnston|Williams|2012|p=137}} At the close of the story, when the summer heatwave turns to a torrential downpour, the film has "something of the quality of a fever-dream", according to Aldgate and Richards.{{sfn|Aldgate|Richards|1999|p=155}}

According to the film historian [[Robert Sellers]], ''Passport to Pimlico'' "captures the most quintessential English traits of individualism, tolerance and compromise";{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=135}} Duguid sees the examination of the English character as being "at the heart" of the film.<ref name=screenonline /> This was one of the aspects that appealed to Margaret Rutherford, who liked the way the British were portrayed "accentuating their individuality and decency, while acknowledging some parochial idiosyncracies".{{sfn|Merriman|2010|p=99}}

==Production==
''Passport to Pimlico'' was produced by [[Michael Balcon]], the head of [[Ealing Studios]]; he appointed [[Henry Cornelius]] as director.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|pp=140–141}} The film was one of three comedies to be produced simultaneously, alongside ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' and ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''; all three were released into UK cinemas over two months.{{sfn|Barr|1977|p=80}}{{refn|[[Brian McFarlane (writer)|Brian McFarlane]], writing for the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', states that although it was not an aim of releasing the three films together, together they "established the brand name of 'Ealing comedy'".<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=93789|title=Ealing Studios (act. 1907–1959)|first=Brian|last=McFarlane| author-link=Brian McFarlane (writer)}}</ref>|group= n}}

The plot was an original story by [[T. E. B. Clarke]], a writer of both comedy and drama scripts for Ealing; his other screenplays for the studio include ''[[Hue and Cry (film)|Hue and Cry]]'' (1947), ''[[Against the Wind (1948 film)|Against the Wind]]'' (1948), ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) and ''[[The Titfield Thunderbolt]]'' (1953).{{sfn|Barr|1977|p=81}} Clarke was inspired by an incident during the Second World War, when the maternity ward of [[The Ottawa Hospital|Ottawa Civic Hospital]] was [[Extraterritoriality of Princess Margriet's birth|temporarily declared extraterritorial]] by the Canadian government so that when the then-[[Juliana of the Netherlands|Princess Juliana of the Netherlands]] gave birth to [[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]], the baby was born on Dutch territory, and would not lose her right to the throne.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=135}} The airlift of food supplies into the Burgundian enclave was influenced by the flights of food and supplies during the [[Berlin Blockade]] of June 1948 – May 1949.{{sfn|Wilson|2004|p=109}} 

The music for the film was composed by [[Georges Auric]], who had been involved in several other productions for Ealing Studios.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=138}}

The lead part of Pemberton was initially offered to [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]]. He turned down the role because he was committed to another film, and so the part was instead offered to [[Stanley Holloway]].{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=137}} [[Alastair Sim]] was offered the role of Professor Hatton-Jones, but after he turned it down, [[Margaret Rutherford]] was cast instead.{{sfn|Barr|1977|p=95}}

===Filming===
''Passport to Pimlico'' is set during a [[heatwave]] that occurred in Britain in 1947, but, despite this, filming took place during 1948's abnormally wet summer.<ref name="Guard photo">{{cite news|title=Passport to Pimlico: a behind the scenes tour – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2012/may/28/passport-to-pimlico-in-pictures|access-date=1 October 2016|work=The Guardian|date=28 May 2012}}</ref> The poor weather caused delays in production, which led to the film being over-time and over-budget.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=140}} Shooting started early each day, in an attempt to get the first successful shot completed before 9:00 am. An average of ten takes a day were taken, in an attempt to get two and a half minutes of usable film per day.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=145}}{{refn|By comparison, commercial filming practice in 2015 was to take an average of 40 takes a day with 10 seconds a day of usable film recorded.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=145}}|group= n}} There were arguments between Cornelius and Balcon throughout the production, because Balcon was unhappy with what he saw as poor direction. Cornelius left Ealing Studios after working on ''Passport to Pimlico'' and did not work for the studio again.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=141}}

The outdoor scenes were not shot in Pimlico, but about a mile away in [[Lambeth]]. A set was built on a large Second World War [[bombsite]] just south of the [[Lambeth Road]] at the junction of [[Hercules Road]]. At the conclusion of filming, the site had to be returned to the same bomb-damaged state as before, to enable the locals to claim [[War Damage Commission|war damage compensation]].<ref name="Guard photo" /> The site has since been built on, and now features 1960s municipal flats.{{sfn|Mitchell|2011|p=18}}

==Release==
''Passport to Pimlico'' was released into UK cinemas on 28 April 1949;<ref name="Manchester Guardian" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Scovell|first1=Adam|title=Passport to Pimlico at 70: In search of the locations for the classic Ealing comedy|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/passport-pimlico-locations-ealing-comedy|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=13 June 2021|date=26 April 2019}}</ref> the film was financially successful.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=140}} For the US release on 23 October 1949, soil was imported and placed in front of the cinema; commissionaires in the uniform of a British policeman would hand out mock passports and invite passers-by to step onto English soil to see the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Passports to Pimlico: US Suspects a British Export|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=24 October 1949|page=8}}</ref> The film was shown at the [[1949 Cannes Film Festival]], although it was not entered into the competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official Selection 1949 : Out of Competition|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1949/outOfCompetition.html|access-date=5 October 2016|work=Festival de Cannes}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Box office===
The film earned distributor's gross receipts of £104,444 in the UK of which £81,436 went to the producer.<ref name="money"/> The film made a loss of £251,938.<ref>Chapman p 73</ref>
===Critical===
Critics warmly praised ''Passport to Pimlico'' on its release.{{sfn|Sellers|2015|p=140}} Several commended the script. The reviewer for ''[[The Guardian|The Manchester Guardian]]'' thought that "the chief credit for&nbsp;... [this] joy of a film should go to T. E. B. Clarke".<ref name="Manchester Guardian">{{cite news|title=New Films in London|work=The Manchester Guardian|date=30 April 1949|page=5}}</ref> The unnamed reviewer for ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' considered that "every line, every 'gag', is a little masterpiece of wit",<ref name=MFB>{{cite journal|title=Passport to Pimlico (1948)|journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]|date=1949|volume=16|issue=181–192|page=98}}</ref> while the critic [[C. A. Lejeune]], writing for ''[[The Observer]]'', thought that the writing and direction were excellent; she went on to record that "the end comes too soon, which is something that can be said of very few films".<ref name="Observer">{{cite news|last1=Lejeune|first1=C. A.|authorlink1=C. A. Lejeune|title=Bus to Burgundy|work=The Observer|date=1 May 1949|page=6}}</ref>

The acting was also praised by many of the critics; Lejeune thought that "the acting of the countless small character parts that the plot brings together is splendid",<ref name="Observer" /> while the reviewer for ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' considered that "each character, and indeed every individual member of the lengthy cast, provides a gem of comedy acting at its highest and best".<ref name=MFB /> ''The Manchester Guardian'' reviewer was critical about aspects of the direction which, it was said, was undertaken "with barely sufficient skill to sustain the fun".<ref name="Manchester Guardian" /> The critic [[Henry Raynor]], writing for ''[[Sight and Sound]]'', thought that the film "sacrificed a comic enquiry into motives and personality to a farcical romp&nbsp;... It was carried through, not by wit or polish, but by a sometimes hysterical jollity".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Raynor|first1=Henry|authorlink1=Henry Raynor|title=Nothing to Laugh at|journal=Sight and Sound|date=April 1950|volume=19|issue=2}}</ref> [[Leslie Halliwell]] gave it four of four stars: "A cleverly detailed little comedy which inaugurated the best period of Ealing, its preoccupation with suburban man and his foibles. Not exactly satire, but great fun, and kindly with it."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halliwell |first1=Leslie |title=Halliwell's Film Guide |date=1989 |publisher=Grafton Books |isbn=0-06-016322-4 |edition=7th}}</ref> He stated further that "though it now seems over-contrived, was certainly the film which first established the Ealing vein in the public imagination. Anyone could recognize in this pleasantly tall tale innumerable spoofing references to the age of austerity and strained foreign relations through which Britons were then living."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halliwell |first1=Leslie |title=Halliwell's Hundred |date=1982 |publisher=Paladin Books |isbn=0-586-08490-8}}</ref>


''Passport to Pimlico'' was nominated for the [[British Academy Film Award]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Best British Film]], alongside ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' and ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'', although they lost to ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949);<ref>{{cite web|title=Film: British Film in 1950|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1950/film/british-film|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> the film was also nominated for the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Writing (Story and Screenplay)]], where it lost to ''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]'' (1949).<ref>{{cite web|title=The 22nd Academy Awards: 1950|date=3 October 2014 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
In 1952, a radio adaptation, written by Charles Hatton, was broadcast on the [[BBC]]'s [[Light Programme]]. Charles Leno played Pemberton, in a cast that included [[Christopher Lee]], [[Gladys Henson]] and [[Kenneth Williams]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8f521fae07974bab961ebf86fa74e640 | title=Monday Matinee 'Passport to Pimlico' | publisher=BBC | work=[[BBC Genome Project]] | date=6 October 1952 | access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> A [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation, written by John Peacock, was broadcast on 20 January 1996. [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] played the part of Pemberton; [[Michael Maloney]] and [[Joan Sims]] also appeared.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/72f6484c57cf4d769e5183caf9e6b247 | title=Saturday Playhouse: Passport to Pimlico | publisher=BBC | work=[[BBC Genome Project]] | date=20 January 1996 | access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref>

The 1993 film ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'' was originally planned to be a remake of ''Passport to Pimlico'', but shortly before filming was to begin, executives at [[Paramount Pictures]] realized that the studio had not acquired rights to the earlier film and ordered writer/star [[Mike Myers]] to write a new screenplay with a different plot.<ref>{{cite web |author1=THR Staff |title=Why Sherry Lansing Threatened Mike Myers: "I'll Take Your F—ing House" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-sherry-lansing-threatened-mike-myers-ill-take-your-f-king-house-994864/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=2022-03-10 |date=21 April 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[The Little Switzerland]]'', a 2019 Spanish comedy film partially based on this film
* [[Frestonia]], the name of the "republic" adopted by the residents of Freston Road, London, when they attempted to secede from the United Kingdom in 1977
* [[Micronations]]
* [[BFI Top 100 British films]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{cite book|last1=Aldgate|first1=Anthony|last2=Richards|first2=Jeffrey|authorlink2=Jeffrey Richards|title=Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RJxFyXs61oC&pg=PP1|year=1999|publisher=I.B.Tauris|location=London|isbn=978-1-86064-288-3}}
* {{cite book|last1=Barr|first1=Charles|title=Ealing Studios|year=1977|publisher=David & Charles Publishers|location=Newton Abbot, Devon|isbn=978-0-7153-7420-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ealingstudios0000barr}}
* {{cite book|last1=Duguid|first1=Mark|last2=Freeman|first2=Lee|last3=Johnston|first3=Keith M.|last4=Williams|first4=Melanie|title=Ealing Revisited|date=2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-84457-510-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Christine|title=British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the 'New Look'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-mGAgAAQBAJ|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-1-134-69464-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Sellers|first1=Robert|authorlink1=Robert Sellers|title=The Secret Life of Ealing Studios|year=2015|publisher=Aurum Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-78131-397-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Merriman|first1=Andy|title=Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners|year=2010|publisher=Aurum Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-84513-585-0}}
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===Further reading===
* {{cite journal|last1=D'Arcy|first1=Chantal Cornut-Gentille|title=Classic Comedy as a Barometer for Present Times or the Debunking of Categorical Delineations of Nationality in ''Passport to Pimlico'' (Henry Cornelius, 1949)|journal=Atlantis|date=June 2012|volume=34|issue=1|pages=11–26|jstor=43486018}}
* {{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Tony|editor1-last=Dixon|editor1-first=Wheeler W.|editor1-link=Wheeler Winston Dixon|title=Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900–1992: Essays and Interviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cQga1cl5OgC&pg=PP1|date=1994|publisher=SUNY Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-7914-1862-8|pages=95–106|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cQga1cl5OgC&pg=PA95|chapter=The Repressed Fantastic in ''Passport to Pimlico''}}
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0041737|title=Passport to Pimlico}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309141958/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2b2db6 ''Passport to Pimlico''] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441383/ ''Passport to Pimlico''] at the BFI's [[Screenonline]]

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