As a result of a mix-up in a hospital pharmacy, deadly pills are dispensed to unsuspecting patients. Realising the error, Dr. Jim Bennett and pharmacist Gillian Freeman now face a race against time to retrieve them. But, not all the patients are so keen to hand them back!
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black and White 22mins featurette
Filming Began: 15th March 1957
UK Release: 26th December 1957
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Locations:
Slough Hospital, Berkshire – Wolseley General Hospital
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
1st Assistant Director | Robert Lynn | 39 | 9 Jun 1918 | 15 Jan 1982 | 63 | 7 | 7 | ||
Art Director | Ted Marshall | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||
Camera Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/# | 41 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 53 | 2 | 55 | |
Continuity | Kay Mander | 42 | 28 Sep 1915 | 29 Dec 2013 | 98 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director | Leslie Arliss | 56 | 6 Oct 1901 | 30 Dec 1987 | 86 | 1 | 1 | ||
Director of Photography | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-grant/# | 42 | 1915 | 1972 | 57 | 33 | 33 | ||
Editor | Alfred Cox | 32 | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 25 | |
Executive Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 30 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 86 | 9 | 95 | |
Focus Puller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 36 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | ||
Hairdresser | Henry Montsash | 52 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 16 | 16 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 49 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Music Composed and Directed by | Edwin Astley | 35 | 12 Apr 1922 | 19 May 1998 | 76 | 4 | 4 | ||
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 35 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 86 | 3 | 89 | |
Production Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/# | 53 | 15 Nov 1904 | Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 | 30 | ||
Screenplay | J.D. Scott | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Recordist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/# | 52 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 38 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 111 | 1 | 112 | |
Wardrobe | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 49 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Audrey | Patricia Cree | 24 | 16 Aug 1933 | 11 Nov 2001 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dr Jim Bennett | Philip Friend | 42 | 20 Feb 1915 | 1 Sep 1987 | 72 | 2 | 2 | ||
Gillian Freeman | Honor Blackman | 32 | 22 Aug 1925 | 5 Apr 2020 | 94 | 3 | 3 | ||
Laura Coombe | Mandy Harper | 11 | 1946 | 01.01.1946 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mobile Policeman | Jeremy Longhurst | 26 | 26 Jun 1931 | 18 Feb 2001 | 69 | 5 | 5 | ||
Mr Carlton | Alexander Field | 65 | 6 Jun 1892 | 17 Aug 1971 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mr Ellis | Mervyn Johns | 58 | 18 Feb 1899 | 6 Sep 1992 | 93 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mrs Coombe | Muriel Zillah | 48 | 14 Jun 1909 | 31 Oct 2000 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mrs Ellis | Constance Fraser | 53 | 5 Dec 1904 | 27 Apr 1973 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Neighbour | Everley Gregg | 57 | 26 Oct 1900 | 9 Jun 1959 | 58 | 2 | 2 | ||
Policeman | David Browning | 35 | 10 Aug 1922 | 10.08.1922 | 102 | 2 | 2 | ||
Postman | George Hirste | 70 | 16 Mar 1887 | 11 Jul 1966 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
With | Tita Dane | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Nurse | Pauline Olsen | 32 | 27 Jul 1925 | 27.07.1925 | 99 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
With all of Hammer’s feature output now being handled by the major distributors, after this film only one more new production was released by Exclusive, another featurette entitled Man with a Dog (1958). With only a few features from other producers to rely on, plus re-runs of their old Hammers, Exclusive went into steady decline and was finally wound up in 1968.