Amicus Films
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
83 Mins
Storyline
A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.
Hammer Connections – 24
| Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Amicus Credits | Hammer Credits |
| CREW - 14 | |||||||
| Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 51 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 7 | 3 |
| Conductor | Philip Martell | 59 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 9 | 103 |
| Continuity | Pamela Davies | 5 Jan 1986 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Director | Freddie Francis | 48 | 22 Dec 1917 | 17 Mar 2007 | 89 | 8 | 6 |
| Director of Photography | John Wilcox | 61 | 7 May 1905 | 31 May 1979 | 74 | 5 | 6 |
| From the story by | Robert Bloch | 49 | 5 Apr 1917 | 23 Sep 1994 | 77 | 5 | 2 |
| Hairdresser | Henry Montsash | 61 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 3 | 16 |
| Make-Up Artist | Jill Carpenter | 4 Mar 2015 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Music | Elisabeth Lutyens | 60 | 9 Jul 1906 | 14 Apr 1983 | 76 | 4 | 1 |
| Production Manager | Ted Lloyd | 53 | 1 Jan 1913 | 12 Feb 1987 | 74 | 2 | 3 |
| Set Decoration | Scott Slimon | 51 | 8 Aug 1915 | 1980 | 65 | 7 | 1 |
| Sound Recordist | Buster Ambler | 61 | 7 Jul 1905 | 1 Jan 1979 | 73 | 5 | 1 |
| Sound Supervisor | John Cox | 58 | 7 May 1908 | 1 Sep 1972 | 64 | 5 | 1 |
| Wardrobe Supervisor | Jackie Cummins | 3 | 2 | ||||
| CAST - 10 | |||||||
| Anthony Marco | Patrick Wymark | 40 | 11 Jul 1926 | 20 Oct 1970 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
| Auctioneer | Michael Gough | 49 | 23 Nov 1916 | 17 Mar 2011 | 94 | 3 | 3 |
| Bert Travers | Peter Woodthorpe | 35 | 25 Sep 1931 | 12 Aug 2004 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
| Christopher Maitland | Peter Cushing | 53 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 15 | 24 |
| Dr. Londe | George Coulouris | 63 | 1 Oct 1903 | 25 Apr 1989 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| French Girl | April Olrich | 33 | 17 Jul 1933 | 15 Apr 2014 | 80 | 1 | 1 |
| Judge | Frank Forsyth | 60 | 19 Dec 1905 | 2 May 1984 | 78 | 10 | 3 |
| Pierre, Phrenologist | Maurice Good | 34 | 8 Jun 1932 | 10 May 2013 | 80 | 3 | 1 |
| Police Surgeon | Patrick Magee | 44 | 31 Mar 1922 | 14 Aug 1982 | 60 | 4 | 1 |
| Sir Matthew Phillips | Christopher Lee | 44 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 5 | 22 |
Footnotes
The heirs of Donatien Alphonse François de Sade pressed charges to prevent any use of his name on the advertising material. The changes on posters and lobby cards were made at the last minute by sticking the new title “Le Crâne Maléfique” (meaning “The Evil Skull”) on top of the former, “Les forfaits du Marquis de Sade” (meaning “the Infamies of Marquis de Sade”). Only on that condition this movie could finally be released in the French territories.
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection