Clean Sweep

Housewife Vera Watson nags her husband, George, for wasting money on gambling on the horses. He promises to give it up, but, when he and his neighbour Ted win a horse in the Irish Sweepstakes, the temptation to have one last bet is too great. Now, the only problem he has is to make sure that Vera does not find out…..

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer production
RCA Sound Recording
Black & White 29 mins featurette

Filming dates: 11th March – 15th March 1957
UK Release: 28th May 1958

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited

CREW	NAME	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
1st Assistant Director	Robert Lynn	39	9 Jun 1918	15 Jan 1982	63	7		7
Additional Dialogue	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912	1 Jun 1990	78	3		3
Art Director	Ted Marshall					7	1	8
Associate Producer	Anthony-Nelson Keys	46	13 Nov 1911	19 Mar 1985	73	43		43
Camera Operator	Len Harris	42	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Continuity	Kay Mander	42	28 Sep 1915	29 Dec 2013	98	2		2
Director	Maclean Rogers	58	13 Jul 1899	4 Jan 1962	62	1		1
Director of Photography	Arthur Grant	43	1915	1972	57	34		34
Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1925	2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	30	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Focus Puller	*Harry Oakes	37	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91	3	56	59
Hairdresser	Henry Montsash	52	17 Sep 1905	29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up	Phil Leakey	50	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composed and Directed by	Edwin Astley	36	12 Apr 1922	19 May 1998	76	4		4
Producer	Anthony Hinds	35	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	Don Weeks	53	15 Nov 1904	Mar 1988	83	31		31
Screenplay	Patrick Brawn	39	2 Mar 1919	3 Aug 1980	61	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1905	8 Jan 1991	86	31	1	32
Supervising Editor	James Needs	38	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	49	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
CHARACTERS
Bookmaker	Bill Fraser	49	5 Jun 1908	5 Sep 1987	79	4		4
Daphne Watson	Vera Day	22	4 Aug 1935		89	4		4
Dick Watson	Ian Whittaker	30	18 Jul 1928	16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
George Watson	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912	1 Jun 1990	78	3		3
Ted	Wallas Eaton	41	18 Feb 1917	3 Nov 1995	78	1		1
Vera Watson	Thora Hird	46	28 May 1911	15 Mar 2003	91	4		4

Footnotes

Comic actor Eric Barker was a regular face in the early “Carry on” films. His last appearance for Hammer was in That’s Your Funeral (1972).

1958 BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Footnotes

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