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Give Us Tomorrow is a 1978 British crime film directed by Donovan Winter and starring Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt and James Kerry. [1]

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Plot

After a bank manager leaves for work one morning, a criminal and his accomplice take his wife and children hostage; whilst at the branch, their accomplices force him to open the safe.

Location Shots

The credits say the film used Orpington, Kent for the location. The real house used was in the Kingsway area of Petts Wood. Bircwoood Road is also seen. The former, real, high street bank which was used, on the corner of Moorfield Road, still stands. The footage also briefly passes the railway station. Glimpses of the Sevenoak's Road turn-off to Petts Wood are also seen.

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References

  1. BFI.org