That’s Your Funeral

Intense competition flares when the old established firm of Holroyds finds itself challenged by a rival funeral director who has set up shop almost on their doorstep. As chaos descends over the corpses, coffins and cremations, it transpires that the new business is really a cover for a cannabis smuggling operation. Then, things really start going to pot!!

Trailer created by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer Special Comedy Presentation presented by The Rank Orgarlisation and released through Rank Film Distributors Limited
Copyright MCMLXXlI Hammer Film Productions Limited – 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

Westrex Recording System
Processed at Rank Film Laboratories 81 mins

Filming dates: 7th June – 7th July 1972
UK Release: 1st July 1973

Studio:
Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

Location:
New Southgate, London – Cemetery
Windsor and Eton Railway Station, Windsor, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	Scott MacGregor	Yes	58	22 Oct 1914		1971	56	15	1	16
Assistant Art Director	Don Picton	Yes	57	22 Feb 1916		Nov 1981	65	15	2	17
Assistant Director	Bill Cartlidge	Yes	31	16 Jun 1942		3 Mar 2021	78	4		4
Camera Operator	Chic (Rodney) Anstiss	Yes	42	1 Feb 1931		30 Jun 2011	80	13		13
Cast and crew chef	Robin Demetriou	Yes	23	1 Aug 1949			75		1	1
Casting Director	James Liggat	Yes	53	1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks	Yes						19	29	48
Continuity	Leonora Hail	Yes				9 Oct 2008		3		3
Director	John Robins	Yes	39	Mar 34	01/03/1934		91	4	1	5
Director of Photography	David Holmes BSc	Yes	46	22 May 1927		13 Apr 1997	69	3	1	4
Dubbing Mixer	Ken Barker	Yes	55	1918		13 Feb 2001	83	7		7
Editor	Archie Ludski GBFE	Yes	43	19 Jul 1929		10 Oct 2004	75	5	1	6
Hairdresser	Jeanette Freeman	Yes						4		4
Make-up	Eddie Knight	Yes	48	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	David Whitaker	Yes	42	6 Jan 1931		11 Jan 2012	81	3		3
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	65	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Michael Carreras	Yes	45	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	Yes	38	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Production Supervisor	Roy Skeggs	Yes	39	Apr 34		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Publicist	Jean Garioch	Yes	45	7 Jul 1928		21 Jan 1987	58	14	1	15
Re- Recording Mixer	Graham V. Hartstone	No	29	Jun 44	01/06/1944		81		6	6
Re- Recording Mixer	Otto Snel	No	35	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11	4	15
Screenplay	Peter Lewis	Yes						1	1	2
Sound Editor	James Groom	Yes	48	1925		17 May 2016	91	13	2	15
Sound Recordist	Les Hammond	Yes	65	6 Jun 1908				8		8
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows	Yes						36	5	41
CAST
1st Funeral Director	Peter Copley	Yes	58	20 May 1915		7 Oct 2008	93	3		3
1st Policeman on motorway	Michael Sharvell-Martin	Yes	29	2 Feb 1944		28 Oct 2010	66	2		2
2nd Funeral Director	Michael Robbins	Yes	42	14 Nov 1930		11 Dec 1992	62	5		5
2nd Policeman on motorway	John J Carney	Yes	32	25 Aug 1940		24 Feb 1995	54	1		1
Arthur (Funeral Director)	Bob Todd	Yes	51	15 Dec 1921		21 Oct 1992	70	3		3
Arthur (Railway)	Michael Ripper	Yes	60	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Basil Bulstrode	Bill Fraser	Yes	65	5 Jun 1908		5 Sep 1987	79	4		4
Butler	George Roderick	Yes	59	9 Oct 1913		10 Mar 1976	62	3	2	5
Council Chairman	Michael Segal	Yes	48	1 Nov 1924		1996	71	1		1
Emanuel Holroyd	Raymond Huntley	Yes	69	23 Apr 1904		15 Jun 1990	86	3		3
Funeral Attendee	John Tatham	No	61	29 Jul 1911		Dec 1996	85	1	9	10
Grimthorpe	Dudley Foster	Yes	48	7 Aug 1924		8 Jan 1973	48	2		2
Grimthorpes Driver	Stacy Davies	Yes				7 Jul 2019		1		1
Guest at Dinner	Pat Ryan	No	57	1916		1992	76		6	6
Guest at Dinner	Graham Tonbridge	No	67	13 May 1906		30 Nov 1986	80		3	3
Guest at Dinner	Alan Beaton	No	72	10 Jul 1900		Mar 1977	76		3	3
Guest at Dinner	Ernest Blyth	No	50	1910		1981	71		12	12
Invalid	Harry Brunning	Yes	83	25 Aug 1889		12 Mar 1973	83	1	2	3
Jenkins	Tommy Mann	Yes	47	12 Jul 1925			100	1		1
Lord Lieutenant	Geoffrey Sumner	Yes	64	20 Nov 1908		29 Sep 1989	80	2	1	3
Man at First Funeral	Roy Skeggs	No	39	Apr 34		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Man at First Funeral	Archie Ludski GBFE	No	43	19 Jul 1929		10 Oct 2004	75	5	1	6
Man at First Funeral	David Holmes BSc	No	46	22 May 1927		13 Apr 1997	69	3	1	4
Man at First Funeral	Michael Carreras	No	45	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Man at First Funeral	Ron Jackson	No	38	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Man at First Funeral	Scott MacGregor	No	58	22 Oct 1914		1971	56	15	1	16
Man at First Funeral	Peter Lewis	No						1	1	2
Man with Car (Petrol Station)	Michael Knowles	Yes	36	26 Apr 1937			88	1		1
Mayor	John Sharp	Yes	52	5 Aug 1920		26 Nov 1992	72	5		5
Miss Peach	Sue Lloyd	Yes	33	7 Aug 1939		20 Oct 2011	72	3		3
Model in window	Carole Catkin	No							1	1
Mourner	George Curtis	No							1	1
Pallbearer	Emille Stemmler	No	62	1911		2001			6	6
Parson	George Howe	Yes	73	19 Apr 1900		Jul 1986	86	1		1
Partner	Claire Ruane	Yes	83	2 Oct 1889		15 Oct 1988	99	1		1
Party Guest	Lewis Alexander	No	62	27 Aug 1910		23 Oct 2010	100		3	3
Party Guest	Guy Standeven	No	44	28 Aug 1928		16 Oct 1998	70		7	7
Pensioner	Verne Morgan	Yes	72	19 Dec 1900		23 Apr 1984	83	3	1	4
Percy	David Battley	Yes	37	5 Nov 1935		20 Jan 2003	67	1		1
Petrol Pump Attendant	Geraldine Burnett	Yes						1		1
Policeman (Crematorium)	Anthony Sagar	Yes	53	19 Jun 1920		24 Jan 1973	52	1	1	2
Porter	Ken Parry	Yes	43	20 Jun 1930		5 Dec 2007	77	1		1
Priest	George Holdcroft	No							5	5
Priest at First Funeral	John Robins	No	39	Mar 34	01/03/1934		91	4	1	5
Purvis	Roy Kinnear	Yes	39	8 Jan 1934		20 Sep 1988	54	2		2
Pusher	Eric Barker	Yes	61	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	3		3
Reporter	James Ware	Yes						1		1
Simmonds	Richard Wattis	Yes	61	25 Feb 1912		1 Feb 1975	62	6		6
Smallbody	John Ronane	Yes	39	11 Dec 1933		15 May 2019	85	2		2
Soul	Dennis Price	Yes	58	23 Jun 1915		6 Oct 1973	58	5		5
Town Clerk	Frank Thornton	Yes	52	15 Jan 1921		16 Mar 2013	92	1		1
Window Dresser	Hugh Paddick	Yes	57	22 Aug 1915		9 Nov 2000	85	1		1
Witherspoon	Clifford Mollison	Yes	76	30 Mar 1897		4 Jun 1986	89	3		3

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Bearing in mind their history, it was probably the subject matter of this tasteless, would-be comedy which appealed to Hammer. It cannot possibly have been the television series on which it was based, which could hardly be described as popular given that only six episodes (plus a pilot) were ever made by the BBC! The film’s main interest now is that the opening titles include shots of the production crew behind their credits.

This is comedy actor Eric Barker’s last film appearance. His awkward gait, by the way, is not put on, but is the legacy of a stroke he had suffered some years before.

This also marks Michael Ripper’s last appearance in a Hammer film.

Hammer crew members Michael Carreras, Roy Skeggs, Archi Ludski, Scott McGregor and David Holmes appear as mourners at the first funeral.

1973 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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