Mervyn Speight has escaped from prison, where he has been for the murder of a young woman two years earlier. He insists that he is an innocent man who was framed and lawyer Hugo Bishop, believing him, sets out to prove his story…
Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and United Artists (USA)
From the Original Story “Queen in Danger” by Elleston Trevor
Copyright 1952 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
Philharmonia Orchestra
Produced at Exclusive Studios, Bray
Black & White 73 minutes
Filming dates: 16th June – 18th July 1952
UK Release: 16th March 1953
Filming:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire – Studio
Constitution Hill, London – Thelma on the zebra crossing
Maitland Court, Gloucester Terrace, London – Outside of Thelmas Apartment
Lancaster Terrace, London – Looking through the window, Thelma sees a plain clothes policeman
Waterloo Bridge, London – First police car seen on their search
Portobello Road Market, London – Bishop goes in search of Susie Martin
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Like Hammer, actor Kieron Moore later tried his hand at horror, starring in Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1960) and The Day of the Triffids (1962).
Kay Kendall, who is also in Hammer’s Wings of Danger (1952), became a popular film actress until her premature death in 1959, at the age of just 33.
Len Harris, mentioned here for the first time, became Hammer’s regular Camera Operator for the next ten years.
Conrad Phillips, who plays Barker in this film, became William Tell in the ITC TV series of the early 1960s. He also appears in the horror film Circus of Horrors (1960).
This was Barbara Shelly’s first film for Hammer.