Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

In Double Jeopardy, the "double" in question are twin sisters, one of whom has committed a murder in order to steal a large sum of money. The money is then stashed in a safety deposit box at a local bank and the establishing shot for these scenes is an image of what I believe is the old United Chinese Bank (中國聯合銀行) building that used to stand (until around 2010) on the corner of Des Voeux Road Central and Douglas Street. Unfortunately, it has been quite difficult to track down a similar vintage street shot to confirm 100%.

Anyway, the bank was taken over by the Bank of East Asia in the 90's and this building became part of the BEA network until it was demolished and replaced by the current building, opened just a few years ago, inspiringly named "33 Des Voeux Road Central".

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