Entertaining Mr Sloane| 1969
- Locations |
- London
- DIRECTOR |
- Douglas Hickox
It's a long way from Joe Orton, but this adaptation of his stage play is still an enjoyably tasteless comedy with priceless performances. The house sited by a rubbish tip becomes a Gothic folly in a London cemetery.
For the film , this is Camberwell Old Cemetery in Honor Oak, south London.
The lodge where Kath (Beryl Reid) entertains Mr Sloane (Peter McEnery) stands at the entrance to the cemetery on Forest Hill Road, opposite Marmora Road, SE22.
A Grade II-listed building, the 1856 house was in a sad state of disrepair when it was put on the market by owners Southwark Council for £100,000 in 1993. The conservatory had gone and the stained-glass windows replaced by breeze blocks. Happily, it's since been restored as a private home.
The cemetery is the last resting place of Detective Inspector Jonathan Whicher, one of the original eight members of London Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch, established in 1842 at Scotland Yard. The inspiration for countless fictitious detectives, he was immortalised in Kate Summerscale's 2008 book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and the subsequent television series starring Paddy Considine.
Across from the cemetery, by the way, is Therapia Road, which is the site of the parents' house the kids make their way to in 28 Weeks Later...
