The Viking Queen

Roman Britain. Opening title:- “This was a land where druid priests held sway over peoples minds and prophesied that one day a woman would wear armour and wield a sword against the Romans. A woman who would be called – The Viking Queen”. On his deathbed, old King Priam names his daughter, Salina, as his successor. She is a peace-loving young woman who tries to keep all sides – Druids and Romans alike – happy, at the same time falling in love with the Roman commander Justinian. But, circumstances soon dictate that she must take sides against the man she loves.

Original trailer

Production Details

A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMlXVl Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious, and any ,similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound System
Technicolor 91 mins

Filming dates: 16th June – 18th August 1966
UK Release: 26 March 1967

Studio:
Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Location:
Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland – Waterfall
Loch Tay, County Wicklow, Ireland
Wicklow Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
Sally Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
Kilruddery Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Crew – Believed complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	Uncredited	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Director	Dennis Bertera	Yes	49	1918		1997	79	3		3
Assistant Sound Editor	Jim Hopkins	No							1	1
Camera Operator	David Harcourt	Yes	51	27 Sep 1915		5 May 2013	97	3	1	4
Continuity	Ann Skinner	Yes	30	1 Feb 1937			88	1	3	4
Costume Designer	John Furniss	Yes	32	1935	1 Jan 1935		90	1		1
Director	Don Chaffey	Yes	49	5 Aug 1917		13 Nov 1990	73	6		6
Dubbing Crew	Lionel Strutt	No	30	22 Jun 1936		6 Dec 2021	85		2	2
Dubbing Crew	Maurice Askew	No	50	12 May 1916		11 Dec 1986	70	2	1	3
Editor	Peter Boita	Yes	42	25 Aug 1924		Oct 1997	73	1		1
Gaffer	Bernie Prentice	No							1	1
Hair Stylist	Bobbie Smith	Yes						1		1
Make-up Supervisor	Charles Parker	Yes	56	14 Jun 1910		Nov 1977	67	1		1
Master of Horse	Frank Hayden	Yes	38	1929		1988	59	5	1	6
Matte Painter	Doug Ferris	No	36	1931	1 Jan 1931		94		2	2
Music Composer	Gary Hughes	Yes	45	21 Mar 1922		25 Apr 1978	56	5		5
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	59	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Original Story	John Temple-Smith	Yes	43	18 Nov 1923		2010	86	3		3
Photography	Stephen Dade BSc	Yes	57	13 Aug 1909		1975	65	2		2
Producer	John Temple-Smith	Yes	43	18 Nov 1923		2010	86	3		3
Production Designer	George Provis	Yes	59	1908		1989	81	2		2
Production Liaison	Lieut. Colonel William OKelly	Yes	66	1901		7 Nov 1979	79	1		1
Production Manager	Rene Dupont	Yes	37	10 Oct 1929			95	3	2	5
Screenplay	Clarke Reynolds	Yes	49	20 May 1917		18 Aug 1994	77	1		1
Second Unit Cameraman	John Harris	Yes	41	15 May 1925		3 Jul 2012	87	2		2
Second Unit Director	Jack Causey	Yes	53	1914		1977	63	6	1	7
Sound Editor	Stan Smith	Yes						1		1
Sound Mixer	H.L. Bird	Yes	57	9 Jun 1909		1968	58	1		1
Sound Mixer	Bob Jones	Yes						2		2
Special Effects	Alan Bryce	Yes	39	21 Dec 1927		24 Dec 2000	73	2		2
Still Photographer	George Higgins	No				1995			3	3
Stunts	Steve Emerson	No	32	31 Oct 1934			90		2	2
Stunts	Bronco McLoughlin	No	28	10 Aug 1938		26 Mar 2019	80		2	2
Stunts	Tim Condron	No	40	22 Oct 1926		19 Jul 2006	79	1	2	3
Supervising Editor	James Needs	Yes	47	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Third Assistant Director	Mike Higgins	No	20	1947	1 Jan 1947		78		2	2
Wardrobe Master	Jack Gallagher	Yes						1		1
Wardrobe Supervisor	Hilda Geerdts	Yes	48	1919		1998	79	1		1
CAST
Beatrice	Adrienne Corri	Yes	35	13 Nov 1931		13 Mar 2016	84	4		4
Benedict	Patrick Gardiner	Yes	41	1926		30 Sep 1970	44	1		1
Catus	Percy Herbert	Yes	46	31 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6		6
Dalan (Maelgans son)	Paul Murphy	Yes						1		1
Dominic	Bryan Marshall	No	28	19 May 1938		25 Jun 2019	81	2	2	4
Fabian	Gerald Alexander	Yes	37	17 Dec 1929			95	1		1
Fergus	Sean Caffrey	Yes	26	15 Apr 1940		25 Apr 2013	73	2		2
Justinian	Don Murray	Yes	37	31 Jul 1929		2 Feb 2024	94	1		1
King Priam	Wilfrid Lawson	Yes	67	16 Jan 1900		10 Oct 1966	66	1		1
Maelgan	Donald Houston	Yes	43	6 Nov 1923		13 Oct 1991	67	2		2
Merchant	Philip O’Flynn	Yes	39	27 Apr 1927		Dec 1999	72	1		1
Narator	Patrick Allen	No	40	17 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	4	2	6
Nigel	Brendan Matthews	Yes						1		1
Nubian Girl-Slave	Nita Lorraine	Yes	25	23 Jan 1942			83	1		1
Octavian	Andrew Keir	Yes	40	3 Apr 1926		5 Oct 1997	71	7		7
Old Man at Tax Enquiry	Arthur O’Sullivan	Yes	55	1912		17 Feb 1981	69	1		1
Osiris	Denis Shaw	Yes	45	7 Apr 1921		28 Feb 1971	49	4	3	7
Salina	Carita Jarvinen	Yes	23	20 May 1943		29 Jan 2022	78	1		1
Shopkeeper at Protest Gathering	Cecil Sheridan	Yes	58	1909		4 Jan 1980	71	1		1
Shopkeepers Wife	Anna Manahan	Yes	42	18 Oct 1924		8 Mar 2009	84	1		1
Talia	Nicola Pagett	Yes	21	15 Jun 1945		3 Mar 2021	75	1		1
Tiberian	Niall MacGinnis	Yes	53	29 Mar 1913		6 Jan 1977	63	3		3
Tristram	Patrick Troughton	Yes	47	25 Mar 1920		28 Mar 1987	67	5		5
With	Scott McGinnis	No	8	19 Nov 1958			66		1	1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

American star Don Murray’s credits include Bus Stop (1956), for which he received an Oscar nomination, Fred Zinnemann’s A Hatfull of Rain (1957), Bachelor Party (1957) and Otto Preminger’s Advise and Consent (1962).

New find Carita did not enjoy the same success as Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch and appears to have vanished without trace after this film.

Despite having significant roles in many films, Adrianne Corri is best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mrs. Alexander, the wife of the writer Frank Alexander, in Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange (1971). She also played the Gypsy Woman in Hammer’s Vampire Circus (1971)

1967 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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