The Mystery of the Marie Celeste – 1935
Guaranteed Pictures with the famous “Q” ship “Mary B Mitchell” as Mary Celeste
Filming Locations: Falmouth, Cornwall, Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Black & White 60 minutes
Storyline
Having won the hand of Sarah from his rival. Captain Benjamin Briggs sets out to recruit a crew for his voyage on the Mary Celeste. A mad seaman seeks revenge by killing the crew and passengers in a story of the mysterious events that led to a ship without a person on board.
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Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Born | Died | Age | Hammer Credits |
| Art Direction | J. Elder Wills | 34 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 |
| Continuity | Billy Day | 1 | ||||
| Directed by | Denison Clift | 49 | 3 May 1885 | 17 Dec 1961 | 76 | 2 |
| Musical Direction | Eric Ansell | 35 | 22 Aug 1900 | 22 Jun 1981 | 80 | 2 |
| Photography 1 | Geoffrey Faithfull | 41 | 28 Jan 1893 | 1 Dec 1979 | 86 | 1 |
| Photography 2 | Eric Cross | 32 | 31 May 1902 | 1 Mar 2004 | 101 | 4 |
| Scenario | Charles Larkworhy | 1 | 1 | |||
| Story | Denison Clift | 49 | 3 May 1885 | 17 Dec 1961 | 76 | 2 |
| Supervised by | Henry Passmore | 30 | 1905 | 1987 | 82 | 4 |
Cast
| Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
| Adrian Harbens | J.Edward Pearce | 1 | ||||
| Andy Gilling | Gibson Gowland | 57 | 4 Jan 1877 | 9 Sep 1951 | 74 | 1 |
| Anton Lorenson | Bela Lugosi | 52 | 20 Oct 1882 | 16 Aug 1956 | 73 | 1 |
| Bison | Edmund Willard | 40 | 19 Dec 1894 | 6 Oct 1956 | 61 | 1 |
| Captain Benjamin Briggs | Arthur Margetson | 37 | 27 Apr 1897 | 12 Aug 1951 | 54 | 1 |
| Captain Morehead | Clifford McLagen | 42 | 15 Jun 1892 | 7 Sep 1978 | 86 | 1 |
| Charlie Kaye | Terrance Demarney | 33 | 1 Mar 1901 | 25 May 1971 | 70 | 1 |
| Commander Mahon | Alec Fraser | 50 | 16 Feb 1884 | 20 Jun 1956 | 72 | 1 |
| Horatio Sprague | Wilfed Essex | 1 | ||||
| James Winchester | James Carew | 58 | 5 Feb 1876 | 4 Apr 1938 | 62 | 1 |
| Olly Deveau | Bruce Gordon | 1 | ||||
| Peter Tooley | Johnnie Schofield | 45 | 10 Mar 1889 | 9 Sep 1955 | 66 | 2 |
| Ponta Katz | Guner Moir | 55 | 17 Apr 1879 | 12 Jun 1939 | 60 | 1 |
| Portunaro | Monty Doyle | 35 | 19 Nov 1899 | 28 Mar 1979 | 79 | 1 |
| Sailor Hoffman | Ben Welden | 33 | 12 Jun 1901 | 17 Oct 1997 | 96 | 1 |
| Sarah Briggs | Shirley Gray | 32 | 11 Apr 1902 | 12 Aug 1981 | 79 | 1 |
| Tom Goodschard | Dennis Hoey | 41 | 30 Mar 1893 | 25 Jul 1960 | 67 | 1 |
| Tommy Duggan | George Mozart | 70 | 15 Feb 1864 | 10 Dec 1947 | 83 | 4 |
| Volkerk Grot | Herbert Cameron | 54 | 16 Mar 1880 | 13 Mar 1967 | 86 | 1 |
Footnotes
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste was filmed in Falmouth, and was Bella Lugosi’s only film for Hammer.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection