Amicus Films
The Mind of Mr Soames – 1970

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
98 Mins
Storyline
Since his birth, 30 years ago, John Soames is in a coma. Now he’s operated on and brought to life in a neurologic clinic. They plan to make him develop from a 30 years old baby to a man, but there’s no time for the love and care a normal baby would receive.



Hammer Connections – 22
Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Amicus Credits | Hammer Credits | |
CREW -8 | ||||||||
Art Direction | Don Mingaye | 41 | 1 Jan 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 5 | 25 | |
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 55 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 7 | 3 | |
Continuity | Kay Rawlings | 52 | 1 Jan 1918 | 1 Jul 1981 | 63 | 1 | 3 | |
Director | Alan Cooke | 44 | 29 Mar 1926 | 9 Oct 1994 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |
Make-Up Artist | Jill Carpenter | 4 Mar 2015 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Second Assistant Director | Ariel Levy | 26 | 12 Mar 1944 | 79 | 2 | 1 | ||
Set Dresser | Andrew Low | 5 | 4 | |||||
CAST - 5 | ||||||||
Jenny Bannerman | Judy Parfitt | 34 | 7 Nov 1935 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
Nicholls | Dan Jackson | 45 | 1 Jan 1925 | 18 Nov 2004 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
Old Man In Car | Joe Gladwin | 64 | 22 Jan 1906 | 11 Mar 1987 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
Sgt. Clifford | Billy Cornelius | 62 | 10 Jan 1908 | 16 Jan 1981 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |
Thomas Fleming | Christian Roberts | 26 | 17 Mar 1944 | 26 Dec 2022 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
Alan Lake (married to Hammer actress Diana Dors) is one of the journalists in observation area, watching the of surgery on John Soames.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection