Whispering Smith Hits London

US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.

Trailer by the Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

Exclusive Films Present, a Hammer Production

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

RCA Sound System
Black & White 77 minutes

Filming dates: 14th May – 21st June 1951
UK Release: 11th February 1952

Filming:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire – Studio
Golden Square, Soho, Westminster , London – Smith exits taxi
London Airport, London – Opening airport scenes
Platforms 1&2 Paddington Station, London – Ann prepares to leave

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Crew believed complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	Yes	24	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	Yes	32	28 Sep 1919	Sep 1972	52	28		28
Casting	Michael Carreras	Yes	24	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Continuity	Renee Glynn	Yes	25	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	Francis Searle	Yes	42	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	18		18
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	Yes	48	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	35		35
Editor	James Needs	Yes	32	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Hair Stylist	Anne Box	Yes					5		5
Make-up	Phil Leakey	Yes	43	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composed & Conducted by	Frank Spencer	Yes	40	19 Jun 1911	Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Producer	Anthony Hinds	Yes	29	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Producer	Julian Lesser	Yes	37	18 Jan 1915	22 Mar 2005	90	2	1	3
Production Designer	Arthur Barnes	Yes	66	1886	1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Jack Miller	Yes					2		2
Screenplay	Steve Fisher	Yes	39	29 Aug 1912	27 Mar 1980	67	2		2
Story and Screenplay	John Gilling	Yes	39	29 May 1912	22 Nov 1984	72	19		19
CAST
1st Photographer	John Singer	Yes	28	4 Dec 1923	7 Jul 1987	63	2		2
1st Reporter	Stanley Baker	Yes	23	28 Feb 1928	28 Jun 1976	48	5		5
2nd Photographer	John Kyle	Yes					1		1
2nd Reporter	Lionel Grose	Yes	43	16 Apr 1908	Dec 1994	86	1		1
Anne	Rona Anderson	Yes	25	3 Aug 1926	23 Jul 2013	86	1		1
Cecil	Danny Green	Yes	48	26 May 1903	1973	69	4		4
Club Barman	Louis Matto	No	41	16 Aug 1910	16 Apr 1989	78		5	5
Club Waiter	Paddy Smith	Yes						7	7
Disembarking Passenger	Pat Ryan	No	36	1916	1992	76		6	6
Dr. Taren	Daniel Wherry	Yes	43	30 May 1908	4 Apr 1955	46	1		1
Ford	Herbert Lom	Yes	34	11 Sep 1917	27 Sep 2012	95	3		3
Hotel Bar Patron	Dan Darnelli	No						1	1
Hotel Porter	Sidney Vivian	Yes	50	18 Apr 1901	22 Dec 1984	83	3		3
La Fosse	Dora Bryan	Yes	28	7 Feb 1923	23 Jul 2014	91	2		2
Louise	Greta Gynt	Yes	35	15 Nov 1916	2 Apr 2000	83	1		1
Maid	June Nardsley	Yes					1		1
Manson	Reginald Beckwith	Yes	43	2 Nov 1908	26 Jun 1965	56	6		6
Martin	Stuart Nichol	Yes	43	10 Feb 1908	30 Aug 1991	83	2		2
Maxie	Vic Wise	Yes	52	3 Feb 1900	24 Sep 1976	76	1		1
Mrs. Pearson	Christine Silver	Yes	67	17 Dec 1884	23 Nov 1960	75	2		2
Page Boy	Ian Wilson	Yes	50	2 Jul 1901	Dec 1987	86	6	3	9
Parker	Laurence Naismith	Yes	43	14 Dec 1908	5 Jun 1992	83	2	1	3
Page Boy	Anthony Warner	Yes					1		1
Police Constable	Michael Hogarth	Yes	41	24 Mar 1910	12 Sep 1988	78	1		1
Police Sergeant	John Wynn	Yes					1	3	4
Reception Clerk	Michael Ward	Yes	42	9 Apr 1909	8 Nov 1997	88	5		5
Reith	Alan Wheatley	Yes	44	19 Apr 1907	30 Aug 1991	84	4		4
Secretary	Tony Frost	Yes					1		1
Station Porter	Middleton Woods	Yes	65	20 Sep 1886	1974	87	2	2	4
Superintendent Meaker	James Raglan	Yes	50	6 Jun 1901	15 Nov 1961	60	3	1	4
Taxi Driver	Ben Williams	Yes	59	6 Oct 1892	Dec 1960	68	1	3	4
Whispering Smith	Richard Carlson	Yes	39	29 Apr 1912	24 Nov 1977	65	1		1
With	Arthur Mullard	No	41	19 Sep 1910	11 Dec 1995	85	1	3	4

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Herbert Lom starred in Hammer’sThe Phantom of the Opera (1962), and went on to play Van Helsing in Jess Franco’s Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula (1970), he also played Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Blake Edwards “Pink Panther” films.

Much loved english actress Dora Bryan appears here, her only other film for Hammer was as Mrs Golding, the clairvoyant, in Hands of the Ripper (1971).

1952 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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