The Secret Tunnel

1948
U
49m

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Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.

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6.6/10

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Tony Wager

Roger Henderson
(as Anthony Wager)

Ivor Bowyer

John Wilson

Murray Matheson

Mr. Henderson

Thelma Rea

Mrs. Mathews

Frank Henderson

Mr. Harvey

John H. Sullivan

Inspector Bell
(as John Sullivan)

Gerald Pring

Mr. Wilson

Michael Kelly

Slim

Robert Cawdron

Police Officer in Patrol Car
(uncredited)

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7/10

The Missing Rembrandt

An early Merton Park production made in the days when they were specialising in children's films before they passed the baton to the Children's Film Foundation. Dated by the young sleuths not including a girl among their number, although compensated for (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) by the gang of crooks being headed by a woman; and the gang don't get what later became their usual ritual humiliation of getting a dunking when foiled.

Despite the title, most of the action takes place outdoors on attractively sunlit East Anglian locations until the police arrive in their Bentleys.

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Trivia
Flixton Hall, where most of this is filmed, had been considered by the future Edward VII for his country house, but eventually he chose Sandringham House as it had better rail links to London. It was home to the Adair family for many years but was sold to a property developer in 1950 to pay Death Duties. The new owner stripped the roof of the valuable (and protective) lead covering, clearly seen as the boys run across it, and allowed the structure to decay until he could get permission to demolish it in 1953. Elements of the ground floor are all that remain, and are used to store farm machinery. The grounds are noted for a giant Sequoia.