A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
Production Details
A Hammer Production by Exclusive Films
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no relation to any real person, living or dead.
RCA Sound System
Black & White 88 minutes
Filming Began: 8th January 1951
UK Release: 10th December 1951
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Crew – Verified complete
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | Donald Russo | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 24 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 32 | 28 Sep 1919 | Sep 1972 | 52 | 22 | 22 | ||
Casting | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 23 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 86 | 9 | 95 | |
Clapper Loader | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 30 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | ||
Co Producer | Rudolph Monter | 48 | 6 Mar 1903 | 5 Dec 1953 | 50 | 1 | 1 | ||
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 25 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 | |
Director | Francis Searle | 42 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 17 | 17 | ||
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 48 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 34 | 34 | ||
Editor | John Ferris | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Hair Stylist | Anne Box | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 43 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Music Composer | Frank Spencer | 40 | 19 Jun 1911 | Feb 1975 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 23 | |
Producer | Alexander Paal | 41 | 18 May 1910 | 8 Nov 1972 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 29 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 | |
Production Manager | Arthur Barnes | 65 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 | 20 | ||
Production Secretary | Mary Shirtliff | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Recordist | Edgar Vetter | 38 | 27 Jan 1913 | 15 Dec 1988 | 75 | 15 | 15 | ||
Screenplay | Francis Searle | 42 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 17 | 17 | ||
Screenplay | Leo Marks | 31 | 24 Sep 1920 | 15 Jan 2001 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Cardew | Edward Lexy | 54 | 18 Feb 1897 | 31 Jan 1970 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
Carol Graham | Elisabeth Sellars | 30 | 6 May 1921 | 30 Dec 2019 | 98 | 2 | 2 | ||
Carter | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/robert-brown/# | 30 | 23 Jul 1921 | 11 Nov 2003 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Chuck Peters | Lyn Evans | 53 | 28 Feb 1898 | 15 Jun 1953 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ||
Code Breaker | Reg Thomason | 33 | 29 Nov 1918 | 30 Aug 2003 | 84 | 5 | 5 | ||
Constable | Charles Saynor | 48 | 12 Dec 1902 | 6 May 1979 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Desk Seargent | Martin Boddey | 44 | 16 Apr 1907 | 24 Oct 1975 | 68 | 4 | 4 | ||
Doctor | Gerald Case | 46 | 26 Jan 1905 | 22 May 1985 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
Inspector Davis | Colin Tapley | 42 | 7 May 1909 | 1 Dec 1995 | 86 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jackie | Thomas Heathcote | 44 | 9 Sep 1907 | 5 Jan 1986 | 78 | 4 | 4 | ||
John Graham | Robert Preston | 33 | 8 Jun 1918 | 21 Mar 1987 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Johnson | Noel Howlett | 48 | 22 Dec 1902 | 26 Oct 1984 | 81 | 3 | 3 | ||
Kate | Daphne Anderson | 29 | 27 Apr 1922 | 15 Jan 2013 | 90 | 3 | 3 | ||
Lorna Dawson | Sheala Burrell | 29 | 9 May 1922 | 19 Jul 2011 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Mickie Fraser/Kid Python | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harold-lang/# | 28 | 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 | 8 | ||
Milkman | Stanley Baker | 23 | 28 Feb 1928 | 28 Jun 1976 | 48 | 5 | 5 | ||
Mrs Reece | Edith Sharpe | 57 | 14 Sep 1894 | 6 Jun 1984 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Peggy Reece | Mary Gremaine | 18 | 28 Mar 1933 | 28.03.1933 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Porter | Frederic Steger | 57 | 13 Aug 1894 | 1975 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sergeant Ritchie | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-woodbridge/# | 44 | 16 Feb 1907 | 31 Mar 1973 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
Thompson | James Mills | 2 | 2 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Noel Howlet went on to play Mr Cromwell, the Headmaster in London Weekend Televisions comedy series Please Sir, his other two Hammer appearances came in Quatermass and the Pit 1967 and 1963’s Kiss of the Vampire.
Stanley Baker, who starred in Zulu 1964 and The Guns of Nazarone 1961, plays the milkman here. He also appeared for Hammer in The Rossiter Case 1951, Whispering Smith Hits London 1952, Yesterday’s Enemy 1959 and Hell is a City 1960. His rise to stardom came in 1953’s The Cruel Sea.
Stanley Baker died in 1976 from pneumonia whilst undergoing treatment for lung cancer – he was aged 48.
This was the first Hammer film to be made at Bray Studios.