During World War II, a pair of observation teams, German and British, are left on a remote Adriatic island, then forgotten. The two sides call a truce and live harmoniously; that is until beautiful Elsa is cast ashore and war breaks out anew.
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Production Details
Hammer A.C.T Films
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 19389
Copyright Hammer A.C.T. Films All rights reserved
Adapted from the original radio play by Ronald George Holroyd and Michael George Corston
Western Electric Recording
A Hammerscope Production
RCA Sound Recording
Black & White 85 minutes
Filming dates: 15th June 1959
UK Release: 21st December 1959
Filming:
Walton Studios, Walton on Thames, Surrey
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Cast & Crew
| CREW | NAME | PROFILE | CREDITED | AGE AT RELEASE | BIRTH | Hidden | DEATH | AGE | CREDITS | UNCREDITED | TOTAL HAMMER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adapted from radio | Michael Corston | Yes | 27 | 14 Jul 1932 | 93 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Adapted from radio | Ronald Holroyd | Yes | 26 | 1933 | 1 Jan 1933 | 93 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Art Director | Scott MacGregor | Yes | 45 | 22 Oct 1914 | 1971 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Assistant Director | Douglas Hermes | Yes | 36 | 28 Jun 1923 | 1981 | 57 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Camera Operator | Eric Besche | Yes | 45 | 20 May 1914 | 17 Apr 1983 | 68 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Continuity | Beryl Booth | Yes | 36 | 18 Dec 1923 | 2015 | 91 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Director | George Pollock | Yes | 52 | 27 Mar 1907 | 22 Dec 1979 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Editor | Harry Aldous | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hairdresser | Joyce James | Yes | 42 | 23 Feb 1917 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Lighting Camerman | Arthur Graham | Yes | 45 | 12 Mar 1914 | Dec 2006 | 92 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Make-up | Peter Armston | Yes | 43 | 23 Mar 1916 | 10 May 1984 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Music Composed & Conducted by | Philip Green | Yes | 48 | 18 Jul 1911 | 6 Oct 1982 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Producer | Teddy Baird | Yes | 58 | 9 Sep 1901 | 23 Mar 1975 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | Yes | 31 | 10 Jul 1928 | 20 Nov 2014 | 86 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Production Supervisor | Ralph Bond | Yes | 55 | 5 Dec 1904 | 29 Aug 1989 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Screenplay | Jack Davies | Yes | 46 | 25 Nov 1913 | 22 Jun 1994 | 80 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Second Assistant Director | Joe Marks | No | 30 | 6 Feb 1929 | 20 Oct 2019 | 90 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Sound Recordist | Sid Wiles | Yes | 60 | 2 Feb 1899 | Jul 1973 | 74 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Wardrobe Mistress | Maude Churchill | Yes | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| CAST | |||||||||||
| Ackroyd | Harry Fowler | Yes | 33 | 10 Dec 1926 | 4 Jan 2012 | 85 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Babbington | Terence Alexander | Yes | 36 | 11 Mar 1923 | 28 May 2009 | 86 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bolter | Percy Herbert | Yes | 39 | 31 Jul 1920 | 6 Dec 1992 | 72 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Brown | Thorley Walters | Yes | 46 | 12 May 1913 | 6 Jul 1991 | 78 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Elsa | Nadja Regin | Yes | 28 | 2 Dec 1931 | 6 Apr 2019 | 87 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Finch | George Cole | Yes | 34 | 22 Apr 1925 | 5 Aug 2015 | 90 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Krisling | Dennis Price | Yes | 44 | 23 Jun 1915 | 6 Oct 1973 | 58 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Meister | George Murcell | Yes | 34 | 30 Oct 1925 | 3 Dec 1998 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mortimer | Nicholas Phipps | Yes | 46 | 23 Jun 1913 | 11 Apr 1980 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Schmidt | Gertan Klauber | Yes | 27 | 5 Mar 1932 | 1 Aug 2008 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Voss | Thomas Foulkes | Yes | 1 | 1 |
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Footnotes
Originally called Carry On Chaps, the title was changed following the success of the “Carry On” series.
Terence Alexander was best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the BBC TV drama Bergerac, which ran for nine series from 1981.
Harry Fowler, a prolific character actor, is known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), Hue and Cry (1947) and Went the Day Well? (1942). His first wife, actress Joan Dowling, took her own life by gas poisoning at the age of 26.