Off the Wall Films presents

80,000 SUSPECTS

Val Guest, UK, 1963, 113m, PG

NB - the 14th July screening of 80,000 SUSPECTS is now SOLD OUT. However, we are compiling a waiting list for a possible repeat screening at Widcombe Social Club on Sunday 28th July. Please email   offthewall@gmx.co.uk   if you would like to be added to this list, stating how many seats you would like. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis according to the chronological order of receipt of email requests. Thank-you.

Bath on film! Richard Johnson and Claire Bloom star as a doctor and nurse couple undergoing a marital crisis while striving to minimise the outbreak of a smallpox epidemic in the city of – yes - Bath! As the desperate race to track down potential spreaders of the infection and the pair’s disintegrating relationship racks up the melodrama, you’ll watch amazed as the best portrayal of the city ever committed to film dominates the screen. Here is a Bath before the widespread demolition of many of its Georgian terraces, and before the black grime was removed from the facades of those that survived, a Bath where you could blithely park your car alongside the colonnade on Stall Street, a Bath where people flung themselves with abandon into the Roman baths! Filmed during the once-in-a-century winter of 1963, and at a time when even doctors smoked like chimneys, this is a must-see for anyone familiar with the city.

'...an attractive little film with a good cast and an intelligent script well written and directed by veteran Val Guest.' - David Vineyard, Mystery File.

'Guest was an expert at turning out this sort of taut, fast-paced B-movie and here he has the advantage of a top-notch cast and crew.' - Jeff Stafford, Cinema Sojourns.

'The film has a vital authenticity…' - Variety.

Plus: a short film AUDREY by Tashan Bahar, whose grandmother Audrey Swindells was instrumental, with her husband Harold, in setting up in 1979 the now sadly closed Bath Postal Museum.

Voluntary donations - Off the Wall Films is a not-for-profit enterprise. All donations - very gratefully received - will go towards improving the OtWF programme and the presentation of films at WSC.

Carers' tickets - we offer complimentary tickets to carers of people with disabilities. If you would like to attend the screening along with the person in your care please message  offthewall@gmx.co.uk  with your request for a ticket. Please note - you are eligible for this offer only if you are accompanied by a paying person with disabilities.