Amicus Films
What Became of Jack and Jill – 1972

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
93 Mins
Storyline
In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she’s become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.



Hammer Connections – 6
Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Amicus Credits | Hammer Credits |
CREW -1 | |||||||
Continuity | Phyllis Townshend | 4 | 1 | ||||
CAST - 5 | |||||||
Dickson | Peter Copley | 57 | 20 May 1915 | 7 Oct 2008 | 93 | 1 | 3 |
Dr. Graham | Peter Jeffrey | 43 | 18 Apr 1929 | 25 Dec 1999 | 70 | 2 | 1 |
Gran Alice Tallent | Mona Washbourne | 68 | 27 Nov 1903 | 15 Nov 1988 | 84 | 1 | 2 |
Trouncer | George A. Cooper | 47 | 7 Mar 1925 | 16 Nov 2018 | 93 | 1 | 3 |
Vicar | George Benson | 61 | 11 Jan 1911 | 17 Jun 1983 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
Footnotes
This film had the least number of Hammer connections in an Amicus production.
Financed by Amicus pictures in 1970 as “Romeo and Juliet ’71” in an attempt to capture the ever-growing grindhouse/exploitation market. The final product proved to be too nihilistic for Amicus executives, and they shelved the film for two years until it was picked up for distribution by 20th Century Fox.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection