His flight delayed by thick fog, American journalist Philip Odell passes the time in a London club. There he meets Heather, an attractive young woman who is waiting for her brother. Outside, though, a policeman stumbles upon the body of a young man, apparently a hit and run victim, who turns out to be Heather’s brother. She is convinced that his death is no accident, so Odell helps her to investigate….
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Alternative title:- Scotland Yard Inspector
Adapted from the popular BBC serial by Lester Powell
Copyright 1952 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
London Philarmonic Orchestra
Produced at Riverside Studios
Black & White 82 minutes
Filming Began: 22nd October 1951
UK Release: 23rd June 1952
Studio:
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Art Director | Wilfred Arnold | 49 | 12 Feb 1903 | 9 Jun 1970 | 67 | 5 | 5 | |
Assistant Director | Basil Keys | 35 | 1917 | 2009 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Camera Operator | Moray Grant | 34 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 | 29 | |
Casting | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 24 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 98 | 9 | 107 |
Conductor | Muir Mathieson | 41 | 24 Jan 1911 | 2 Aug 1975 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 26 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 |
Dialogue Director | Patrick Jenkins | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Director | Sam Newfield | 52 | 6 Dec 1899 | 10 Nov 1964 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 49 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 35 | 35 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 32 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 113 | 1 | 114 |
Hairdresser | Bill Griffiths | 53 | 9 Oct 1899 | 5 | 5 | |||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 44 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | |
Music Composer | Ivor Slaney | 31 | 27 May 1921 | 20 Mar 1998 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Music Director | Muir Mathieson | 41 | 24 Jan 1911 | 2 Aug 1975 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Presenter | Robert Lippert | 43 | 31 Mar 1909 | 16 Nov 1976 | 57 | 8 | 8 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 30 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 |
Production Manager | John (Pinky) Green | 43 | 14 Feb 1909 | Jul 1978 | 69 | 7 | 7 | |
Recordist | Bill Salter | 1983 | 17 | 17 | ||||
Screenplay | Orville Hampton | 35 | 21 May 1917 | 8 Aug 1997 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
1st Receptionist | Jean Bayliss | 20 | 29 Jun 1932 | 5 Feb 2021 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |
2nd Receptionist | Marguerite Brennan | 1 | 1 | |||||
Airline Reservations Clerk | James Ure | 4 | 4 | |||||
Airline Reservations Clerk | Robert Dorning | 39 | 13 May 1913 | 20 Feb 1989 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Boswell | Frank Birch | 62 | 5 Dec 1889 | 14 Feb 1956 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Connors | Reed de Rouen | 31 | 10 Jun 1921 | 11 Jun 1986 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Danny | Richard Johnson | 25 | 30 Jul 1927 | 5 Jun 2015 | 87 | 1 | 1 | |
Donna | Lisa Lee | 45 | 6 Oct 1907 | 26 Apr 2001 | 93 | 1 | 1 | |
Dr Campbell | Betty Cooper | 42 | 1 May 1910 | 3 Feb 1979 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Film Director | Robert Adair | 52 | 3 Jan 1900 | 10 Aug 1954 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Girl at Film Studio | Dorinda Stevens | 20 | 16 Aug 1932 | 25 Oct 2012 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
Hampden | Geoffrey Keen | 36 | 21 Aug 1916 | 3 Nov 2005 | 89 | 4 | 4 | |
Head Waiter | Jacques Cey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Heather | Bernadette O’Farrell | 28 | 30 Jan 1924 | 26 Sep 1999 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
Hospital Attendent | Laurie Taylor | 34 | 13 Jul 1918 | 6 Aug 2003 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Inspector Rigsby | Campbell Singer | 43 | 16 Mar 1909 | 16 Feb 1976 | 66 | 5 | 5 | |
Mad Mary | Katie Johnson | 73 | 18 Nov 1878 | 4 May 1957 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |
Marilyn | Mary Mackenzie | 30 | 3 May 1922 | 20 Sep 1966 | 44 | 2 | 2 | |
Mellan | Lionel Harris | 30 | 16 Aug 1922 | 11 Apr 1984 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
Miss Andrews | Clare James | 1 | 1 | |||||
Peggy | Lois Maxwell | 25 | 14 Feb 1927 | 29 Sep 2007 | 80 | 2 | 2 | |
Philip Odell | Cesar Romero | 45 | 15 Feb 1907 | 1 Jan 1994 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Police Sergeant | Stuart Saunders | 43 | 9 Apr 1909 | 4 Jan 1988 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sales Manager | Bill Fraser | 44 | 5 Jun 1908 | 5 Sep 1987 | 79 | 4 | 4 | |
Sanatorium Nurse | Josephine Douglas | 26 | 5 Oct 1926 | 13 Jul 1988 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sergeant Reilly | Alastair Hunter | 39 | 20 Mar 1913 | 1996 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Sid | Wensley Pithey | 38 | 20 Jan 1914 | 10 Nov 1993 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Smithers | Peter Swanwick | 30 | 29 Sep 1922 | 14 Nov 1968 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sorrowby | Lloyd Lamble | 38 | 8 Feb 1914 | 17 Mar 2008 | 94 | 3 | 3 | |
Steve | Stuart Nichol | 44 | 10 Feb 1908 | 30 Aug 1991 | 83 | 2 | 2 | |
With | Christina Forrest | 22 | 5 Feb 1930 | 1 Oct 1990 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
With | Hazel Sutton | 2 | 2 | |||||
With | Jack Howarth | 56 | 19 Feb 1896 | 31 Mar 1984 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |
With | Robert Moore | 2 | 2 |
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Footnotes
American actor Cesar Romero had already been in films for many years, including the classic comedy murder mystery The Thin Man (1934). He later starred in the psychological thriller Two on a Guillotine (1965) and as The Joker in the Batman TV series and feature film (1966), with Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin.
Two regulars from the James Bond films appear here – Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny) and Geoffrey Keen (the Minister of Defence).
Mary Mackenzie was killed in a car accident at the age of 44.
Jack Howarth has an uncredited minor role here. He went on to play Albert Tatlock in Granada TV’s soap Coronation Street. A role he played in 1305 episodes over 24 years.