Tigon Films
The Body Stealers – 1969
A Tigon Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
91 Mins
Storyline
In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-beam of alien origin.
Hammer Connections – 13
| Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Tigon Credits | Hammer Credits | |
| CREW - 5 | ||||||||
| Hairdresser | Olga Angelinetta | 66 | May 1902 | 1991 | 89 | 3 | 3 | |
| Makeup Artist | Bunty Phillips | 1993 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Makeup Artist | Roy Ashton | 59 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 2 | 36 | |
| Production Manager | John Workman | 48 | 28 May 1920 | 1973 | 53 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sound Mixer | Bob Peck | 1 | 1 | |||||
| CAST - 8 | ||||||||
| 1st Control Officer | Dennis Chinnery | 41 | 14 May 1927 | 29 Feb 2012 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Megan | Patrick Allen | 41 | 17 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2006 | 79 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dispatch Driver | Michael Goldie | 37 | 26 Feb 1932 | 17 Jun 2013 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gen. Armstrong | George Sanders | 62 | 3 Jul 1906 | 25 Apr 1972 | 65 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hindesmith | Allan Cuthbertson | 48 | 7 Apr 1920 | 8 Feb 1988 | 67 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mrs. Thatcher | Shelagh Fraser | 48 | 25 Nov 1920 | 29 Aug 2000 | 79 | 2 | 1 | |
| Paula | Carol Hawkins | 20 | 31 Jan 1949 | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pilot Officer Briggs | Carl Rigg | 27 | 21 May 1941 | 81 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
When the aliens’ spaceship appears, the model used is the same one from Amicus’s Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), but repainted in a lighter shade.
Christopher Lee regarded the film as one of the worst in his career.
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection