Amicus Films

From Beyond the Grave – 1974

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
98 Mins

Storyline

Anthology adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes about an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him.

Hammer Connections – 17


Role	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Amicus Credits	Hammer Credits
CREW - 10
Chief Hairdresser	Mibs Parker					0	3	8
Chief Make-up Artist	Neville Smallwood	51	11 Apr 1922		1 Nov 2004	82	2	1
Conductor	Douglas Gamley	49	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
Director of Photography	Alan Hume	49	16 Oct 1924		13 Jul 2010	85	6	1
Film Editing	John Ireland	60	30 Jan 1914		21 Mar 1992	78	4	1
First Assistant Director	John Peverall	43	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	2	20
Music	Douglas Gamley	49	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
Production Design by	Maurice Carter	60	24 Apr 1913		1 Apr 2000	86	5	1
Sound Editor	Peter Keen		1935		1984	49	1	1
Sound Mixer	Peter Handford	54	21 Mar 1919		6 Nov 2007	88	1	1
CAST - 7
Jim Underwood	Donald Pleasence	54	5 Oct 1919		2 Feb 1995	75	1	1
Mabel Lowe	Diana Dors	42	23 Oct 1931		4 May 1984	52	2	3
Mr Jeffries	Tommy Godfrey	57	20 Jun 1916		24 Jun 1984	68	2	2
Reginald Warren	Ian Carmichael	53	18 Jun 1920		5 Feb 2010	89	1	1
Rosemary Seaton	Lesley-Anne Down	19	17 Mar 1954	17.03.1954		69	1	1
Sir Michael Sinclair	Jack Watson	58	14 May 1915		4 Jul 1999	84	1	1
The Proprietor	Peter Cushing	60	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	16	24

Footnotes

This was the second “Amicus” horror film where Peter Cushing played the host in the framework story. The previous film being Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965).

Donald Pleasence, who played Hawkins in Hammer’s Hell is a City, is seen here alongside his real-life daughter, Angela.

Original Film Poster
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection