A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Underground station. But the lady chooses Bill, and Bert isn't the type to take rejection lightly...
Direction
Asquith's kinetic camera work in cramped Tube spaces
Cinematography
Stunning location shooting in actual 1920s London Underground
Acting
McLaglen's physically menacing silent performance
Director
Anthony Asquith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in the actual London Underground with permission from the Underground Group — extremely rare for 1928.
Asquith studied under Eisenstein and it shows in the editing rhythms, particularly the escalator sequence where motion itself becomes erotic tension.
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