When Taff is being given his lesson on the true nature of life in the HK Police Force, he is taken by his corrupt Sergeant to watch a surreptitious money drop off outside Kobert's house. Kobert's wife leaves the property to walk the dog and picks up a bag that has been left by the dodgy man walking in front of her. She then heads back home. This all goes on whilst Taff and co are watching from a car nearby.
In an amazing bit of good fortune, I was able to stumble across the house that was used in the film because, against all odds, it is still around. The address is 16 Durham Road in the Kowloon Tsai part of Kowloon Tong - that's the esatet to the east of Waterloo Road that was developed from the late forties and early fifties. The house in question was completed in 1955 and although it has had a bit of external repainting done, the owners don't appear to have bothered with the garden wall. At last not in the past 46 year since the film was made.
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