Never Look Back

Anne Maitland has just been called to the bar as a King’s Counsel and tells Nigel Stewart that she cannot marry him because of her career. Then she takes her first case – defending an old friend, Guy Ransom, who has been accused of murder. Anne is sure of success, because Ransom was staying in her flat on the night of the crime…

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer-Brennan production released by Exclusive Films

All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead

Gaumont Wales Recording
Philharmonia Orchestra
Made at the Film Studios, Manchester

Black & White 73 minutes

Filming dates: 17th September – 19th October 1951
UK Release: 26th May 1952

Studio:
Film Studios, Manchester, England

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	Alec Gray	Yes					1	1
Assistant Director	Pat Kelly	Yes					1
Assistant Producer	Thomas Blakeley	Yes	35	11/10/1916	16 Jul 1984	67	1
Camera Operator	Ken Hodges	Yes	29	25/10/1922	1993	70	3
Casting Director	Nora Roberts	Yes			1 Mar 1968		5
Conductor	John Hollingsworth	Yes	36	20/03/1916	29 Dec 1963	47	37	3
Continuity	Connie Willis	Yes	28	01/01/1970	1992	68	2
Director	Francis Searle	Yes	43	14/03/1909	31 Jul 2002	93	18
Director of Photography	Reginald Wyer BSc	Yes	50	30/10/1901	1970	68	5
Editor	John Ferris	Yes					7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	Yes	24	21/11/1926		98	18
Make-up	Peter Evans	Yes					1	3
Music Composer	Temple Abady	Yes	48	01/01/1970	1 Dec 1970	67	1
Producer	Michael Carreras	Yes	24	21/12/1927	19 Apr 1994	66	98	11
Production Manager	Anthony Nelson-Keys	Yes	40	13/11/1911	19 Mar 1985	73	43
Screenplay	Francis Searle	Yes	43	14/03/1909	31 Jul 2002	93	18
Screenplay	Guy Morgan	Yes	44	06/02/1908	1964	55	1
Screenplay	John Hunter	Yes	40	22/08/1911	8 Sep 1984	73	4
Sound Recordist	Sid Wiles	Yes	53	02/02/1899	Jul 1973	74	6
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	Yes	43	19/12/1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5
CAST
Alan	Terence Longdon	Yes	30	14/05/1922	23 Apr 2011	88	1
Anne Maitland KC	Rosamund John	Yes	38	01/01/1970	27 Oct 1998	85	1
Cameraman	David Scase	Yes	32	21/09/1919	27 Feb 2003	83	1
Court Reporter	Peter Jeffrey	No	23	18/04/1929	25 Dec 1999	70	1	1
Guy Ransom	Guy Middleton	Yes	45	14/12/1906	30 Jul 1973	66	2
Lindsell	H.S. Hills	Yes					1
Liz	Frances Rowe	Yes	38	26/06/1913	31 Jul 1988	75	1
Molly Wheeler	Brenda de Banzie	Yes	42	28/07/1909	5 Mar 1981	71	1
Mrs Brock	Helene Burls	Yes	70	01/01/1970	1 Sep 1967	86	1
Nigel Stewart	Hugh Sinclair	Yes	49	19/05/1903	29 Dec 1962	59	2
Nigels Junior	Norman Somers	Yes					1
Policeman in Charge Cells	Harry H. Corbett	No	27	01/01/1970	21 Mar 1982	57		1
Press Woman	Barbara Shaw	Yes					1
Raynor	John Warwick	Yes	47	01/01/1970	10 Jan 1972	67	1
Secretary	June Mitchell	Yes	18	01/01/1970	2 Aug 2009	76	2
The Judge	Bruce Belfrage	Yes	50	01/01/1970	13 Aug 1974	72	1
Vaughan	Arthur Howard	Yes	42	01/01/1970	18 Jun 1995	85	4	1
Whitcomb	Henry Edwards	Yes	69	01/01/1970	2 Nov 1952	70	2
Willie	Bill Shine	Yes	40	01/01/1970	24 Jul 1997	85	2

Footnotes

Anthony Nelson Keys later became a Producer with Hammer, working on some of their most famous horror films.

Actor Terence Longden (here misspelt Longdon) appeared in four of the early “Carry on” films – Sergeant (1958), Nurse (1958), Constable (1960) and Regardless (1961).

1952 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Footnotes

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