1962, Film; Crooks Anonymous

The British comedy "Crooks Anonymous" was released in April 1962. The film was directed by Ken Annakin with a screenplay by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth. Main stars are Leslie Phillips as Dandy Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne. The music was composed by George Martin and Muir Mathieson .

Crooks Anonymous Poster

Synopsis
Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a pathological thief, he subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-convict Brother Widdowes (Stanley Baxter) and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette La Verne (Julie Christie) promises that she'll marry him if he's cured...

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke

Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne

Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Julie Christie as Babette La Verne and Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke

Main cast

• Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke (real name Fred Cox)
• Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
• Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
• Julie Christie as Babette La Verne
• James Robertson Justice as Sir Harvey Russelrod
• Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett
• Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
• Robertson Hare as Grimsdale
• Raymond Huntley as Wagstaffe
• Dermot Kelly as Stanley
• Norman Rossington as Bert
• Harry Fowler as Woods
• Charles Lloyd-Pack as Fletcher
• Harold Goodwin as George
• Harry Locke as Fred
• Colin Gordon as drunk
• Jeremy Lloyd as M.C. at the Peekaboo Club
• Dennis Waterman as boy in park

Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke,
Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke
and Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne

Trivia

• Film debut of Julie Christie.

1961, Car Spotting: Herengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Left to right

Unidentified car probably Peugeot 403, Panhard PL 17, Opel Rekord (P2), Opel (Olympia) Rekord Caravan (P1), Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Type 1), Opel Kapitän (P2), DKW 3=6, Volkswagen 1100/1200 (Type 1).

1960, Belgian Comics: Kuifje Magazine Volume 15 n°49

On December 8, 1960, volume 15 number 49 of the youth magazine "Kuifje" (original title "Tintin") is published by Lombard. The weekly "Kuifje" first appeared in 1946. In 1993, the publication was discontinued.

Kuifje Magazine Volume 15 n°49

Comics

• "Een avontuur aangeboden door de Caraque Wafer Victoria" by ?
• “Jari”: "Jari en het plan Z" by Raymond Reding
• "De Zilveren Vlam" by Paul Cuvelier and Greg (Michel Regnier)
• "Rock Derby": “Paniek in’t Paradijs” by Greg (Michel Regnier)
• "Hassan en Kaddoer": "De Heksentoer" by Jacques Laudy
• "De Witte Ruiter": "De verkochte kroon" by L. and F. Funcken (Fred and Liliane Funcken)
• "De familie Pietersen": "Plannen-jacht" by Anjo (Jo Angenot)
• "Michel Vaillant": "De 13 is aan de start!" by Jean Graton
• "Blake en Mortimer": "De Duivelse Valstrik" by Edgar P. Jacobs
• "Dan Cooper": "Het waagstuk" by A. Weinberg (Albert Weinberg)
• "Bob Binn": "Bob Binn tegen XYZ" by A. Duchateau (André-Paul Duchâteau) and E. Aidans (Edouard Aidans)
• "Het geheim van Gaspard Hauser" by Yves Duval and J.L. Fernan (José Lopez Fernandez)
• "Clifton": "Clifton en de spionnen" by R. Macherot (Raymond Macherot)
• "Ton en Tinneke": "De tafelschuimer" by Dino Attanasio

Een avontuur aangeboden door de Caraque Wafer Victoria

Jari en het plan Z

De Zilveren Vlam

Rock Derby: Paniek in’t Paradijs

Hassan en Kaddoer: De Heksentoer

De Witte Ruiter: De verkochte kroon

De familie Pietersen: Plannen-jacht

Michel Vaillant: De 13 is aan de start!

Blake en Mortimer: De Duivelse Valstrik

Dan Cooper: Het waagstuk

Bob Binn: Bob Binn tegen XYZ

Het geheim van Gaspard Hauser

Clifton: Clifton en de spionnen

Ton en Tinneke: De tafelschuimer

Non comics

• "Schrijf eens een briefje"
• "Mooie geschenken voor grote feestdagen"
• "De pioniers van de zondvloed" by G. Bayard (Georges Bayard) and Berck (Arthur Berckmans)
• "Het groot geheim" by ?
• "Het kind is koning in het land van de Samoerai" by Bert Geerten
• "Een Uilenspiegel" by ?
• "Ons autopraatje": "Het Duitse antwoord op de Peugeot 404: de Ford Taunus 17 M" by ?
• "Een praatje bij een plaatje": "Robert Schumann" by ?
• "De 1.001 spelen van Cle D’Or koffie" by ?
• "Spel en vermaak" by A. Duchateau (André-Paul Duchâteau) and E. Aidans (Edouard Aidans)
• "De geschiednis van de wereld": "De Italiaanse eenheid" by A. J. Schoonjans and L. and F. Funcken (Fred and Liliane Funcken)
• "Hallo! Hallo! Hier Luc Varenne": "De dans van de miljoenen" by Luc Varenne (Alphonse Tetaert)

Schrijf eens een briefje

Mooie geschenken voor grote feestdagen

De pioniers van de zondvloed

Het groot geheim

Het kind is koning in het land van de Samoerai

Een Uilenspiegel

Ons autopraatje: Het Duitse antwoord op de Peugeot 404: de Ford Taunus 17 M

Een praatje bij een plaatje: Robert Schumann

De 1.001 spelen van Cle D’Or koffie

Spel en vermaak

De geschiednis van de wereld: De Italiaanse eenheid

Hallo! Hallo! Hier Luc Varenne: De dans van de miljoenen

Full Magazine

1977, Television: Secret Army

The British / Belgian television series “Secret Army” premiered on 7 September 1977. The drama series was made by the BBC in cooperation with the Belgian national broadcaster BRT. It tells the story of a Belgian resistance movement in German-occupied Belgium during the Second World War. Made in the UK and Belgium three series were broadcast between 7 September 1977 and 15 December 1979.

Bernard Hepton as Albert Foiret and Jan Francis as Lisa 'Yvette' Colbert

Angela Richards as Monique Duchamps and Bernard Hepton as Albert Foiret

Clifford Rose as Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler

Secret Army was created by Gerard Glaister, a former RAF pilot, as a follow-up to Colditz, it loosely portrays the operations of WW II escape and evasion lines especially the Belgian-created Comet line led by the young Belgian Andrée de Jongh. The series followed the timeline of the war to show how it affected Belgium. Filming took place in Belgium, other locations were in London and Norfolk. The musical theme was composed by Robert Farnon.

Angela Richards as Monique Duchamps, Stephen Yardley as Max Brocard,
Juliet Hammond-Hill as Natalie Chantrens, Ron Pember as Alain Muny
and Bernard Hepton as Albert Foiret

Angela Richards as Monique Duchamps, Juliet Hammond-Hill as Natalie Chantrens
and Paul Shelley as Major Nick Bradley

Michael Culver as Major Erwin Brandt and Clifford Rose as Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler

Main Cast

• Bernard Hepton as Albert Foiret
• Jan Francis as Lisa 'Yvette' Colbert
• Christopher Neame as John Curtis
• Clifford Rose as Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler
• Angela Richards as Monique Duchamps
• Michael Culver as Major Erwin Brandt
• Juliet Hammond-Hill as Natalie Chantrens
• Valentine Dyall as Dr. Pascal Keldermans
• Ron Pember as Alain Muny

Opening S01E01 Code Name 'Yvette'

1976, Car Spotting: Trafalgar-Square, London, UK

Left to right

First row, front to back
Unidentified coach, six London busses.

Second row, front to back
Vauxhall Viva HB, Hillman Hunter (Rootes Arrow), two unidentifiable cars.

Third row, front to back
Renault 5, Ford Anglia (105E), the rest is unidentifiable.

Fourth row, front to back
Ford Cortina Mk III Estate, Austin FX4 (Taxi), Austin / Morris 1100/1500 (BMC ADO16), unidentified car probably Austin (London Taxi), unidentified red car, Volvo 200 Series, Triumph Herald / Vitesse, unidentified van, Austin Morris Mini.