Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He decides to use his yoga skills to pretend to be dead, and thereby expose her villainy.
Production Details
A Hammer Production of The B.B.C. Sensation
United Programmes Sound System
Black & White 72 minutes
Filming Began: 31st July 1949
UK Release: 6th March 1950
Studio:
Oakley Court Hotel, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Crew – Believed complete
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Department | Tom Money | 33 | 1917 | 1974 | 57 | 2 | 21 | 23 | |
Art Depatment | Michael Lyons | 11 | 11 | ||||||
Art Director | Denis Wreford | 45 | 1905 | 1988 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 22 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
Boom Operator | Percy Britten | 30 | 1 Oct 1919 | 1996 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 30 | 28 Sep 1919 | Sep 1972 | 52 | 28 | 28 | ||
Casting | Prudence Sykes | 11 | 2 | 13 | |||||
Clapper Loader | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 29 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 3 | 56 | 59 | |
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 23 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 | |
Director | Francis Searle | 40 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 18 | 18 | ||
Director of Photography | Cedric Williams | 37 | 1913 | 1999 | 86 | 7 | 7 | ||
Editor | John Ferris | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Editor | Ray Pitt | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
Electrician | Jack Curtis | 3 | 24 | 27 | |||||
Focus Puller | Michael Reed | 20 | 7 Jul 1929 | 15 Dec 2022 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
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 | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 41 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Musical Director | Frank Spencer | 38 | 19 Jun 1911 | Feb 1975 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 23 | |
Musical Director | Rupert Grayson | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Original Story | Francis Searle | 40 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 18 | 18 | ||
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 27 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 | |
Production Manager | Arthur Barnes | 64 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 | 20 | ||
Recordist | Edgar Vetter | 37 | 27 Jan 1913 | 15 Dec 1988 | 75 | 15 | 15 | ||
Screenplay | John Gilling | 37 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 19 | 19 | ||
Second Assistant Director | Jack Causey | 36 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Sound Assistant | Gordon Everett | 27 | 18 Mar 1923 | 09.06.1991 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Still Photographer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/# | 29 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Bertha Clavering | Betty Anne Davies | 39 | 24 Dec 1910 | 14 May 1955 | 44 | 2 | 2 | ||
Doctor | Gerald Case | 45 | 26 Jan 1905 | 22 May 1985 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
Elsie | Mollie Palmer | 29 | 11 Jan 1921 | 27 Apr 2009 | 88 | 2 | 2 | ||
Henry Clavering/Hodson | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/sidney-james/# | 36 | 8 May 1913 | 26 Apr 1976 | 62 | 7 | 7 | ||
Janice | Sheala Burrell | 27 | 9 May 1922 | 19 Jul 2011 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Joan | Hazel Penwarden | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mrs. Carter | Courtney Hope | 63 | 19 Dec 1886 | 17 Jan 1975 | 88 | 4 | 4 | ||
Removal Man | David Keir | 66 | 7 Feb 1884 | 30 Oct 1971 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Sandford | Lawrence Baskcombe | 66 | 13 Oct 1883 | 12 Feb 1962 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
The Man in Black Storyteller | Valentine Dyall | 42 | 7 May 1907 | 24 Jun 1985 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Victor | Anthony Forwood | 34 | 3 Oct 1915 | 18 May 1988 | 72 | 6 | 6 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
This was the debut film for actress Sheila Burrell, who also appeared for Hammer in Cloudburst (1951), The Rossiter Case (1951), Women Without Men(1956) and Paranoiac (1963).