[Healeys] BN2 in 1957 mystery movie

[HealeyRick]

The final scene of Ava in the Healey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o8vX8lGss&t=94s

Healthy Healeying,
Rick Neville

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 6:56 PM Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz>
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> A promotional ‘still’ of Ava Gardner in the Healey, one of four I have on
> file.
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> *From:* editorgary at aol.com <editorgary at aol.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 October 2020 2:00 a.m.
> *To:* healeyrik at gmail.com
> *Cc:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] BN2 in 1957 mystery movie
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> Cool, Rick. I figured someone would have information. We did record the
> movie, but haven't watched it yet. Leo McKern is one of my favorites...
> "Ah, I'm being called by She Who Must be Obeyed."
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> I did see the same thing with them clipping a wider mirror into the
> original holder to do the "two-shot." But the wider mirror would actually
> be a nice accessory. Wonder if anyone ever made them?
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> And my favorite Healey siting scene is still one of the closing scenes of
> On the Beach, where she stands next to her BN6, watching the submarine come
> out under the Sydney bridge. Good eyes can spot the stock factory blanking
> plate in the cockpit filling the space where the heater controls would have
> gone, since the car had been produced for warmer climes without a heater.
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> Cheers
> Gary
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
> To: Gary Anderson <editorgary at aol.com>
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 4:00 am
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 in 1957 mystery movie
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> Hi Gary,
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> Thanks for posting this.  I've become a "collector" of films that have
> Healeys in them and have well over a hundred of them, but this wasn't one.
> In watching the movie, I was wondering why it had such an oversized rear
> view mirror until I saw they used it to reflect both the driver and
> passenger in the car in the same shot.  As a Mercedes guy, I'm surprised
> you didn't mention the Gullwing Mercedes in the final scene, driven by Leo
> McKern, later famed for "Rumpole of the Bailey"  The whole movie is
> available here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8v5vgk1cME
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> Healthy Healeying,
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> Rick Neville
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:03 AM editorgary--- via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> We were watching Turner Classic Movies this evening -- a little know
> film-noir called "Time without Pity."
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> In the initial close-up of the two actors driving through London, with the
> backdrop moving behind them and them sitting in the car with just a little
> bit of the car showing, the car looked familiar
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> When they moved to a camera angle where you could see the A-pillar, it had
> the distinctive folding windshield of an Austin-Healey BN1/2, but given the
> year of the film, probably a BN2.
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> A street scene showing them pull up to the curb showed the registration
> number on the plate: OOX 926. Does that car or film or registration number
> ring any bells with anyone? I haven't looked it up in IMDB, but it was a
> pretty obscure film.
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> Thanks
> Gary Anderson
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