Dick Barton at Bay – 1950

A Marylebone-Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
“The Sensational B.B.C. Serial”
From a story by Ambrose Grayson by arrangement with Ted Kavanagh Associated

Black & White 68 minutes

Storyline

For the third time, villainous vermin and their heinous henchmen learn the hard way not to cross the path of super-smooth special agent Dick Barton. Here he struts his inimitable stuff, along with ever-loyal protege Snowey White, as they tackle fanatical foreign anarchists who kidnap a leading scientist and his daughter. The daring duo’s search leads them to the gang’s headquarters in a lighthouse at Beachy Head, from where they plan to use a deadly ray to blow up an aeroplane carrying members of a critical military defence mission.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Arranged & Conducted by	Frank Spencer	38	19 Jun 1911	1 Feb 1975	63	21
Art Director	James Marchant					3
Assembly Cutter	Dodo Elliot					3
Assistant Director	Eric Veendam	47	1903	1970	67	1
Camera Operator	Jack Rose					1
Casting Director	Edgar Blatt	42	4 Sep 1907	No Information		3
Casting Manager	Mary Harris					4
Continuity	Prudence Sykes					11
Directed by	Godfrey Grayson	36	2 Aug 1913	1 Jun 1998	84	11
Director of Photography	Stanley Clinton, MBKS	43	1 Jan 1907			4
Film Editor	Max Brenner					1
Hair Stylist	G. Hollis					1
Make-up Artiste	Teddy Edwards					1
Music Composed by	Rupert Grayson					8
Produced by	Henry Halsted	43	1 Jan 1907	10 Mar 1970	63	4
Screenplay by	Ambrose Grayson					2
Screenplay by	Emma Trechman					1
Screenplay by	Jackson C. Budd					1
Sound Recordist	C. Hasher					1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
A Gangster	Fred Owen					1
Anna	Tamara Desni	39	22 Oct 1910	7 Feb 2008	97	1
Betsy Horrock	Beatrice Kane	51	13 Oct 1898	22 Jan 2004	105	2
Boris	George Crawford					2
Chang	Yoshihide Yanai	49	4 Apr 1900	1972	71	1
Dick Barton	Don Stannard	33	1916	9 Jul 1949	33	4
Fingers	Paddy Ryan	38	3 Jan 1911	10 May 1990	79	2
Inspector Cavendish	Campbell Singer	40	16 Mar 1909	16 Feb 1976	66	5
Inspector Slade	Richard George	51	3 Jun 1898	1960	61	1
Jackson	John Arnatt	32	9 May 1917	21 Dec 1999	82	3
Mary Mitchell	Joyce Linden	26	25 Aug 1923	2002	78	2
Phillips	Patrick McNee	27	6 Feb 1922	25 Jun 2015	93	1
Professor Mitchell	Percy Walsh	61	24 Apr 1888	19 Jan 1952	63	1
Serge Volkoff	Meinhart Maur	65	18 Aug 1884	1964	79	1
Snowey White	George Ford	43	1907	22 Apr 1993	86	2
Tommy	Ted Butterfield					1

Footnotes

The “Dick Barton” series might well have continued, but for the untimely death of its star, Don Stannard, in a car crash at the age of 33.

Look out for an early role for Patrick McNee (John Steed in ABC TV’s “The Avengers”) in this film. You’ll have to be quick to catch him, though, as his character, Phillips, is killed off in the first five minutes (and that includes the opening titles!)