An American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband.
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Production Details
Robert L. Lippert Presents
Copyright MCMLIIII by Exclusive Films Ltd.
MPAA Approved Certificate
RCA Sound System
Black & White 68 mins
Filming Began: 15 November 1948
UK Release: 21 June 1954
Studio: Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
Location: The Showboat, Oldfield Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire – Exterior of Lakeside Yacht Club
Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire – Exteriors of Forrest’s mansion
Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Art Director | J. Elder Wills | 54 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1 Jan 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
Assembly Cutter | Henry Richardson | 18 | 13 Jan 1936 | 31 Jul 2017 | 81 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Assistant Director | Jimmy Sangster | 26 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 |
Boom Operator | Percy Britten | 34 | 1 Oct 1919 | 1 Jan 1996 | 76 | 21 | 21 | |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 38 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 | 1 | 53 |
Clapper Loader | Tom Friswell | 24 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jan 2002 | 72 | 18 | 18 | |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 27 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 38 | 3 | 41 |
Director | Ken Hughes | 32 | 19 Jan 1922 | 28 Apr 2001 | 79 | 2 | 2 | |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey Bsc | 51 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1 Jan 1979 | 75 | 34 | 34 | |
Editor | James Needs | 34 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 |
Focus Puller | Harry Oakes | 33 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | |
Hairdresser | Nina Broe | 1 Jan 1993 | 10 | 10 | ||||
Music Composed & Conducted by | Ivor Slaney | 33 | 27 May 1921 | 20 Mar 1998 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Producer | Anthony Hinds | 31 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 | 1 | 85 |
Production Manager | John (Pinky) Green | 45 | 14 Feb 1909 | 1 Jul 1978 | 69 | 7 | 7 | |
Recordist | Bill Salter | 1 Jan 1983 | 17 | 17 | ||||
Screenplay | Ken Hughes | 32 | 19 Jan 1922 | 28 Apr 2001 | 79 | 2 | 2 | |
Second Assistant Director | Fred Stark | 2 | 2 | |||||
Sound Camera Operator | Don Alton | 40 | 1 Jan 1914 | 18 Jan 1987 | 73 | 9 | 9 | |
Sound Maintenance | J. Woodiwiss | 45 | 14 Jun 1909 | 1 Jan 1987 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |
Still Photographer | John Jay | 33 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Andrea Forrest | Susan Stephen | 22 | 16 Jul 1931 | 24 Apr 2000 | 68 | 2 | 2 | |
Beverley Forrest | Sidney James | 41 | 8 May 1913 | 26 Apr 1976 | 62 | 7 | 7 | |
Abigale | Cleo Rose | 3 | 3 | |||||
Andrea Forrest | Susan Stephen | 22 | 16 Jul 1931 | 24 Apr 2000 | 68 | 2 | 2 | |
Beverley Forrest | Sidney James | 41 | 8 May 1913 | 26 Apr 1976 | 62 | 7 | 7 | |
Carol Forrest | Hilary Brooke | 39 | 8 Sep 1914 | 25 May 1999 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
Doctor Emery | Gordon McLeod | 69 | 27 Dec 1884 | 16 Oct 1953 | 68 | 2 | 2 | |
Editor | Ernest Blythe | 11 | 11 | |||||
Editor | Robert Gregory | 1 | 1 | |||||
Frank | Hugh Dempster | 53 | 3 Aug 1900 | 30 Apr 1987 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Harry Stevens | Peter Illing | 55 | 4 Mar 1899 | 29 Oct 1966 | 67 | 2 | 2 | |
Head Waiter | Monti de Lyle | 54 | 19 Nov 1899 | 28 Mar 1979 | 79 | 2 | 2 | |
Inspector Edgar | Harold Lang | 31 | 1 Jan 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Inspector MacLennan | Alan Wheatley | 47 | 19 Apr 1907 | 30 Aug 1991 | 84 | 4 | 4 | |
Maid | Angela Glynne | 20 | 7 Sep 1933 | 22 Apr 2008 | 74 | 2 | 2 | |
Mark Kendrick | Alex Nicol | 38 | 20 Jan 1916 | 29 Jul 2001 | 85 | 2 | 2 | |
Mason the Butler | Peter Evans | 3 | 3 | |||||
Mr Hardcastle | John Sharp | 33 | 5 Aug 1920 | 26 Nov 1992 | 72 | 5 | 5 | |
Mrs Hardcastle | Joan Hickson | 47 | 5 Aug 1906 | 17 Oct 1998 | 92 | 2 | 2 | |
Party Guest | Jack Armstrong | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Party Guest | Chick Fowles | 1 | 1 | |||||
Party Guest | Aileen Lewis | 40 | 9 Apr 1914 | 12 Feb 2014 | 99 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Party Guest | Richard Neller | 59 | 1 Oct 1894 | 14 Jul 1970 | 75 | 8 | 8 | |
Party Guest | Fred Nicholas | 2 | 2 | |||||
Party Guest | Pat Ryan | 38 | 1 Jan 1916 | 1 Jan 1992 | 76 | 4 | 4 | |
Press Photographer | Ian Selby | 5 | 5 | |||||
Railway Porter | Harry Brunning | 64 | 25 Aug 1889 | 12 Mar 1973 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Receprionist | Christine Adrian | 44 | 3 Oct 1909 | 16 Oct 1956 | 47 | 2 | 2 | |
Resturant Patron | Pat Hagan | 61 | 19 Mar 1893 | 15 Sep 1987 | 94 | 1 | 1 | |
Vincent Gordon | Paul Carpenter | 32 | 8 Dec 1921 | 12 Jun 1964 | 42 | 5 | 5 | |
Waiter at Party | Charles Hammond | 4 | 4 |