Frank Rowlett is a down on his luck loser who can’t win at anything. When he can’t come up with money for a poker game, he sneaks into the back of a tattoo parlor, kills the owner and takes his money. Frank wins very big that night, but a small little dot appears on his chest. Day by day, it gets bigger and bigger and forms into a tattoo. The tattoo then starts to spread all over his body and he has to go into seclusion. Can Frank get the help he needs before time runs out?
Production Details
© 1984 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All rights reserved
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.
Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited
ITV London Transmission Date: 5th September 1984
Locations:
Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, Bermondsey, London – Hai Lees tattoo parlour
The Manor, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire – Hotel where Frank and Sara spend their wedding night
Chantry, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire – Sara’s family home
Hendon Hall Hotel, Ashley Lane, Hendon, London – Frank and Sara’s hotel bedroom scenes
Oliver’s Wharf, Wapping High Street, London – Frank’s apartment
Our Lady of Dolours church, 4 Egerton Gardens, Hendon, London – Church where Frank goes to make a confession to the priest
The Elgin, Ladbroke Grove, London – Pub where Inspector Grant and Sgt Kirby meet up
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Cast & Crew
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Footnotes
George Sewell’s only other appearance in a Hammer production was in The Vengeance of She (1968).
Bert Kwok appeared for Hammer in three of their earlier films, Yesterday’s Enemy (1959), Passport to China (1960) and Terror of the Tongs (1961).