The two films that I ended up taking the most inspiration from was 'The Bullet Machine' and 'Smashing Time'.
'The Bullet Machine' is a British crime directed by Lindsay Shonteff, featuring Gilbert Wynne is his first starring role. Wynne is acting as Harry Clegg, a detective with a mission to track down a prostitute responsible for a string of murders. The film was also released under the titles 'Harry and the Hookers' and 'Clegg Private Eye' and was filmed in various locations around London and Paris.
Since 'Catch Me If You Can' is set in the US there are quite different laws than what I'm used to when it comes to gun policy since Norway doesn't have armed police etc. I therefore used this film to get a better picture of the gun policy in Britain in the 1960s, to see if it would be natural to have the policeman walking into the B&B, that I'm using in my project, armed (same as in the original film) or if I should find some alternative for the gun. I also looked at how the characters were dressed and how they worked when trying to find the criminal.
'Smashing Time' is a 1967 British comedy about 2 women who arrive in London to make a big show business, but in the process they get corrupted by the fame and money. The film is a satire on the 1960's media influenced phenomenon of 'Swinging London' and is written by George Melly and directed by Desmond Davis.
The inspiration I took from 'Smashing Time' was mainly costume-wise for the non-police characters that I will be filming, like the B&B owner, and prop-wise for the bedroom scene. It helped quite a bit since it made it easier to see what I had to remove from/add to the shot to keep it like a 1960's-piece.
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