Mark Sherwin is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
Production Details
Exclusive Films Present, a Hammer Production
Panacoustic Sound System
Based on the B.B.C. serial play “Return from Darkness” by Lester Powell
Black & White 52 minutes
Filming Began: 1st January 1950
UK Release: 22nd October 1951
Studio:
Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Crew – Believed complete
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 23 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 32 | 28 Sep 1919 | Sep 1972 | 52 | 22 | 22 | ||
Casting | Prudence Sykes | 11 | 2 | 13 | |||||
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 25 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 | |
Director | Vernon Sewell | 48 | 4 Jul 1903 | 21 Jun 2001 | 97 | 6 | 6 | ||
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 48 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 34 | 34 | ||
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 32 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 111 | 1 | 112 | |
Hair Stylist | Monica Hustler | 23 | 21 Nov 1927 | 21.11.1927 | 96 | 18 | 18 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 43 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Musical Director | Frank Spencer | 40 | 19 Jun 1911 | Feb 1975 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 23 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 29 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 86 | 3 | 89 | |
Production Manager | Arthur Barnes | 65 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 | 20 | ||
Recordist | Edgar Vetter | 38 | 27 Jan 1913 | 15 Dec 1988 | 75 | 15 | 15 | ||
Screenplay | Allan MacKinnon | 39 | 1912 | 1955 | 43 | 3 | 3 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Christine | Christine Norden | 26 | 28 Dec 1924 | 21 Sep 1988 | 63 | 2 | 2 | ||
Dr. Wallace | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-harvey/# | 40 | 27 Sep 1911 | 19 Jul 1982 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
First Hotel Desk Clerk | Joan Carol | 45 | 1 Dec 1905 | 29 May 1986 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
Kemp | John Longden | 50 | 11 Nov 1900 | 26 May 1971 | 70 | 4 | 4 | ||
Maid | Jill Hulbert | 24 | 1927 | 26 Apr 2007 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mark | Robert Ayres | 36 | 11 Dec 1914 | 5 Nov 1968 | 53 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mrs. Gladstone | Madoline Thomas | 61 | 2 Jan 1890 | 30 Dec 1989 | 99 | 1 | 1 | ||
Paul | Anthony Forwood | 36 | 3 Oct 1915 | 18 May 1988 | 72 | 6 | 6 | ||
Police Sergeant | Reginald Dyson | 56 | 13 May 1895 | 6 Apr 1963 | 67 | 2 | 2 | ||
Receptionist | Bill Hodge | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Sheila | Jennifer Jayne | 19 | 14 Nov 1931 | 23 Apr 2006 | 74 | 2 | 2 |
Footnotes
Christine Norden also appeared in Hammer’s A Case for PC 49 (1951).
Anthony Forwood appeared in five other Hammer productions: Meet Simon Cherry (1949), The Man in Black (1949), The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Mantrap (1953) and Five Days (1954). He was married to actress Glynis Johns (Winnifred Banks in Mary Poppins 1964) from 1942 to 1948, they had one son, actor Gareth Forwood.