The Adventures of PC 49

The popular BBC Radio bobby on the beat. P.C.49, is given the chance to do a spot of plain clothed sleuthing in his screen debut. Taking the identity of a dead criminal, he tours transport cafes(!) in search of a gang of particularly nasty armed robbers. He eventually bumps into shady character Fingers, who introduces him to the villainous Barney, a top member of the gang. But 49 has bigger fish to fry – he is after the ringleader, a mysterious figure known only as “The Boss”. Will our pal Archibald and his plucky girlfriend Joan survive the dangers ahead?

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Recorded by United Programmes

Black & White 67 minutes

Filming Began: February 1942
UK Release: 2nd January 1950

Studio:
Dial Close Court, Winter Hill, Cookham, Berkshire.

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	James Marchant						5		5
Assistant Director	Leon Bijou	35	25 May 1914				3		3
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	32	13 Nov 1917		17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Carpenter	Fred Ricketts	37	1913		19 Jan 1968	55		4	4
Casting	Mary Harris						5	2	7
Composer Stock Music	Len Stevens				1989			1	1
Composer Stock Music	Philip Green	38	18 Jul 1911		6 Oct 1982	71	1	1	2
Composer Stock Music	Ronald Hanmer	32	2 Feb 1917		23 May 1994	77		1	1
Continuity	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/#	23	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	40	3	43
Director	Godfrey Grayson	36	2 Aug 1913		1 Jun 1998	84	11		11
Director of Photography	Cedric Williams	37	1913		1999	86	7		7
Editor	Clifford Turner	36	27 Jun 1913		Jan 1997	83		2	2
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	24	27
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	18	Jun 1931	01.06.1931		93	17	10	27
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	22	21 Nov 1927			96	18		18
Make-up	Frank Turner							1	1
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	41	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music	Frank Spencer	38	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	38	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Musical Director	Rupert Grayson						8		8
Post-production Sound	Ray Pitt						5	3	8
Pre-production	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	27	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	1	87
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	64	1886		1956	70	20		20
Screenplay	Alan Stranks	46	7 Aug 1903		18 Jun 1959	55	2		2
Screenplay	Vernon Harris	44	26 Feb 1905		Feb 1999	93	2		2
Sound	Edgar Vetter	36	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Still Photographer	Edgar Wrather						1	1	2
Supervising Editor	Ray Pitt						5	3	8

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Barney	John Penrose	35	5 May 1914		22 May 1983	69	2		2
Bill	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-lovegrove/#	36	15 Jul 1913		7 Nov 1981	68	3	6	9
Carrots	Annette Simmonds	32	20 Apr 1917		28 Oct 1959	42	1		1
Fingers	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-ripper/#	36	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Inspector Wilson	Arthur Brander	51	22 Jul 1898		7 Aug 1980	82	1		1
Joan	Patricia Cutts	23	20 Jul 1926		6 Sep 1974	48	1		1
Lorry Driver	Jim O’Brady	42	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83		18	18
Ma Brady	Pat Nye	41	11 Feb 1908		11 Apr 1994	86	1		1
P.C. Archibald Berkley Willoughby	Hugh Latimer	36	12 May 1913		12 Jun 2006	93	3		3
Sergeant Wright	Eric Phillips	41	6 Jul 1908		1966	57	1		1
Skinny	Martin Benson	31	10 Aug 1918		28 Feb 2010	91	4		4
Ted	Billy Thatcher	28	28 Apr 1921		7 Oct 1964	43	1		1

Footnotes

This is the second Hammer film to feature Michael Ripper, the first being The Dark Road (1948). Ripper became one of the mainstays of the Company’s supporting cast and holds the record for the Hammer actor appearing in the most of their productions – 34 (plus 2 uncredited).

Patricia Cutts appears to have fled the country after this film, popping up years later as Vincent Price’s faithless wife in William Castle’s notorious 1959 shocker The Tingler.

Two other regular names turn up for the first time here – Phil Leakey, later responsible for some memorable gruesome make-up creations, and Moray Grant, Camera Operator and, later, a Director of Photography.

Actress Annette Simmonds was killed in a road accident on the A1 Barnet Way to the north of London, on 28th October 1959. She was 32.

1950 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Footnotes

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