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The
London boozer: The Assembly House, Kentish
Town, north London
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CREDITS
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Horribly miscast Richard
Burton overacts as a mother-fixated gay East End
gangster Vic Dakin (not a million miles away from real
life thug Ronnie Kray) in this violent thriller, filmed
on location around London,
largely around the Nine Elms
area.
The local boozer is the Assembly
House, 292-294 Kentish Town Road at Leighton
Road, Kentish Town,
north London.
A burst of Victorian exuberance overlooking Kentish
Town tube station (Northern line), the Assembly House
takes its name from the days when stagecoach travellers
would gather together for the scary trip to Hampstead
and the north.
The proximity of Camden keeps the place
buzzing, but the recent sprucing up hasnít destroyed
its pubby old charm. A great publicity shot of the time
shows Liz Taylor,
visiting Burton
on location, pulling pints behind the bar.
The home of Dakinís boyfriend, Wolfe (Ian
McShane), is York Mansions,
Prince of Wales Road, Battersea – which
was also temporary home to Chicago cop John
Wayne in Brannigan.
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