The Flanagan Boy – 1953
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
Black & White 81 minutes
Storyline
Sharkey and his mate Charlie run a boxing booth in a funfair, where a young merchant seaman named Johnny Flanagan impresses them with his skill in the ring. They persuade promoter Giuseppe Vecchi to back Johnny and soon he is on the way to the top of his sport. But disaster follows when he embarks on an affair with Vecchi’s beautiful, but scheming wife, an affair which ends in murder!
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Crew
Art Director
Editor
Dialogue Director
Recordist
Assistant Director
Production Manager
Continuity
Make-up
Hairdresser
Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Music Composed & Conducted by
Recorded by
Screenplay by
Adaptation by
Based on the novel by
Produced by
Directed by
Wilfred Arnold
James Needs
Patrick Jenkins
Bill Salter
Jimmy Sangster
John (Pinky) Green
Renee Glynne
Phil Leakey
Nina Broe
Leonard Harris
Walter Harvey, BSc
Ivor Slaney
The New Symphony Orchestra
Guy Elmes
Richard Landau
Max Catto
Anthony Hinds
Reginald Le Borg
Cast
Lorna
Giuseppe Vecchi
Sharkey
Charlie
Johnny Flanagan (introducing)
Mrs Vecchi
Mrs Corelli Selma
Police Inspector
Mr Corelli
Barmaid
Barbara Payton
Frederick Valk
Sidney James
John Slater
Tony Wright
Marie Burke
Vaz Dias
George Woodbridge
Enzo Coticchia
Bettina Dickson
Footnotes
Hollywood director Reginald Le Borg’s previous credits include the 1943 Universal horror film “The Mummy’s Ghost”, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. Character actor George Woodbridge appears as a police inspector in this film. His Cornish accents have infiltrated most of Europe for Hammer over the years, for instance the Carpathians in “Dracula” (1958) and “Dracula – Prince of Darkness” (1966), Germany in “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958), Spain in “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961) and even Cornwall in “The Reptile” (1966)!
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection