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…..

Production Details

A Hammer production
RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 29 mins featurette

Filming Began: 11th 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	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer 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	2		2
Art Director	Ted Marshall						1		1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
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 BSc	43	1 Jan 1915		1 Jan 1972	57	31		31
Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1 Jan 1925		1 Jan 2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	30	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	5	87
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	37	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
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	48		48
Music Composed and Directed by	Edwin Astley	36	12 Apr 1922		19 May 1998	76	3		3
Producer	Anthony Hinds	35	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Don Weeks	53	15 Nov 1904		1 Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Patrick Brawn	39	2 Mar 1919		3 Aug 1980	61	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Supervising Editor	James Needs	38	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	49	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Bookmaker	Bill Fraser	49	5 Jun 1908		5 Sep 1987	79	4		4
Daphne Watson	Vera Day	22	4 Aug 1935	4.08.1935		88	4		4
Dick Watson	Ian Whittaker	30	1 Jan 1928		16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
George Watson	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	2		2
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