US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.
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 82 minutes
Filming Began: 1st May 1951
UK Release: 3rd February 1952
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Location:
Golden Square, Soho, London – Smith exits the taxi.
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 24 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 |
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 32 | 28 Sep 1919 | Sep 1972 | 52 | 28 | 28 | |
Casting | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 24 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 98 | 9 | 107 |
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 25 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 |
Director | Francis Searle | 42 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 18 | 18 | |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 48 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 35 | 35 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 32 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 113 | 1 | 114 |
Hair Stylist | Anne Box | 5 | 5 | |||||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 43 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | |
Music Composed & Conducted by | Frank Spencer | 40 | 19 Jun 1911 | Feb 1975 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 29 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 |
Producer | Julian Lesser | 37 | 18 Jan 1915 | 22 Mar 2005 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Production Designer | Arthur Barnes | 66 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 | 20 | |
Recordist | Jack Miller | 2 | 2 | |||||
Screenplay | Steve Fisher | 39 | 29 Aug 1912 | 27 Mar 1980 | 67 | 2 | 2 | |
Story and Screenplay | John Gilling | 39 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 19 | 19 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
1st Photographer | John Singer | 28 | 4 Dec 1923 | 7 Jul 1987 | 63 | 2 | 2 | |
1st Reporter | Stanley Baker | 23 | 28 Feb 1928 | 28 Jun 1976 | 48 | 5 | 5 | |
2nd Photographer | John Kyle | 1 | 1 | |||||
2nd Reporter | Lionel Grose | 43 | 16 Apr 1908 | Dec 1994 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Anne | Rona Anderson | 25 | 3 Aug 1926 | 23 Jul 2013 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Cecil | Danny Green | 48 | 26 May 1903 | 1973 | 69 | 4 | 4 | |
Club Barman | Louis Matto | 41 | 16 Aug 1910 | 16 Apr 1989 | 78 | 5 | 5 | |
Club Waiter | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/paddy-smith/# | 7 | 7 | |||||
Disembarking Passenger | Pat Ryan | 36 | 1916 | 1992 | 76 | 6 | 6 | |
Dr. Taren | Daniel Wherry | 43 | 30 May 1908 | 4 Apr 1955 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
Ford | Herbert Lom | 34 | 11 Sep 1917 | 27 Sep 2012 | 95 | 3 | 3 | |
Hotel Bar Patron | Dan Darnelli | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hotel Porter | Sidney Vivian | 50 | 18 Apr 1901 | 22 Dec 1984 | 83 | 3 | 3 | |
La Fosse | Dora Bryan | 28 | 7 Feb 1923 | 23 Jul 2014 | 91 | 2 | 2 | |
Louise | Greta Gynt | 35 | 15 Nov 1916 | 2 Apr 2000 | 83 | 1 | 1 | |
Maid | June Nardsley | 1 | 1 | |||||
Manson | Reginald Beckwith | 43 | 2 Nov 1908 | 26 Jun 1965 | 56 | 6 | 6 | |
Martin | Stuart Nichol | 43 | 10 Feb 1908 | 30 Aug 1991 | 83 | 2 | 2 | |
Maxie | Vic Wise | 52 | 3 Feb 1900 | 24 Sep 1976 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |
Mrs. Pearson | Christine Silver | 67 | 17 Dec 1884 | 23 Nov 1960 | 75 | 2 | 2 | |
Page Boy | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ian-wilson/# | 50 | 2 Jul 1901 | Dec 1987 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Parker | Laurence Naismith | 43 | 14 Dec 1908 | 5 Jun 1992 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pge Boy | Anthony Warner | 1 | 1 | |||||
Police Constable | Michael Hogarth | 41 | 24 Mar 1910 | 12 Sep 1988 | 78 | 1 | 1 | |
Police Sergeant | John Wynn | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Reception Clerk | Michael Ward | 42 | 9 Apr 1909 | 8 Nov 1997 | 88 | 5 | 5 | |
Reith | Alan Wheatley | 44 | 19 Apr 1907 | 30 Aug 1991 | 84 | 4 | 4 | |
Secretary | Tony Frost | 1 | 1 | |||||
Station Porter | Middleton Woods | 65 | 20 Sep 1886 | 1974 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Superintendent Meaker | James Raglan | 50 | 6 Jun 1901 | 15 Nov 1961 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Taxi Driver | Ben Williams | 59 | 6 Oct 1892 | Dec 1960 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Whispering Smith | Richard Carlson | 39 | 29 Apr 1912 | 24 Nov 1977 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |
With | Arthur Mullard | 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).