The Killing Bottle

An aspiring composer is unaware that his unscrupulous manager plans to take control of his estate.

Production Details

Hammer Film Productions
Copyright © MCMLXVIII
Filmed at Intertel Studios by Addavision
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television
William Self – In charge

UK Transmission date 9th July 1969

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Cast & Crew


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Roy Stannard	38	1 Jan 1931		1 Mar 2008	77	10		10
Assistant Art Director	Graham Parker	38	1 Jan 1931		7 Oct 1992	61	8		8
Assistant Director	Derek Whitehurst	40	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16		16
Based upon a story by	L.P. Hartley	73	30 Dec 1895		13 Dec 1972	76	1		1
Casting	Lesley de Pettit	33	1 Jan 1936		1 Jan 2002	66	14		14
Continuity	Estelle Stewart						8		8
Director	John Gibson	43	15 Nov 1925	15.11.1925		98	1		1
Director of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	49	17 Jan 1920		1 May 1993	73	9		9
Editor	Inman Hunter	54	25 Aug 1914		1 Jul 1986	71	5		5
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann						17		17
Executive Producer	Norman Lloyd	54	8 Nov 1914		11 May 2021	106	4		4
Hair Stylist	Mibs Parker						8		8
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	36	19 Nov 1932		17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	George Partleton	60	21 Jan 1909		17 Oct 1992	83	6		6
Music Composer	Bernard Ebbinghouse	42	18 Mar 1927		24 Feb 2012	84	2		2
Music Supervisor	Philip Martell	61	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Post – Production Consultant	Robert Mintz						17		17
Producer	Anthony Hinds	46	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	John Oldknow	42	5 Mar 1927		10 Apr 1989	62	16		16
Sound Editor	John Beaton	40	01 Jan 1929		14 Jan 2005	76	2	1	3
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	42	1 Jul 1927		1 Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Sound Recordist	Stan Smart						8		8
Story Editor	John Gould				21 Apr 1974		19		19
Supervising Editor	James Needs	49	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Teleplay	Julian Bond	38	8 Dec 1930		14 Jan 2012	81	1		1
Unit Manager	Christopher Neame	26	24 Dec 1942		12 Jun 2011	68	15	9	24
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson						13		13

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Hodgson	John Rudling	61	31 Aug 1907		18 Dec 1983	76	1		1
Jimmy	Barry Evans	26	18 Jun 1943		11 Feb 1997	53	1		1
Policeman	Eddie Byrne	58	31 Jan 1911		21 Aug 1981	70	2		2
Randolph	William Marlowe	38	25 Jul 1930		31 Jan 2003	72	1		1
Rollo	Roddy McDowell	40	17 Sep 1928		3 Oct 1998	70	1		1
Vera	Ingrid Brett	22	01 Jan 1947	01.01.1947		77	2		2

Footnotes

Barry Evans was known for London Weekend Television’s sitcom “Mind Your Language” (1977) and “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” (1993). He died on February 11, 1997 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. The circumstances of his early death remain a mystery; he was found dead in his bungalow in Leicestershire, with bottles of whiskey and aspirins nearby. A youth was charged with his murder, but acquitted on lack of evidence. A local coroner later recorded an open verdict.

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