Women Without Men

Convict Angie Booth is desperate. Before being sentenced, she made a tryst with her merchant seaman lover Nick to meet him at a set time and place. When her request for temporary parole is turned down by the prison governor, she plans to escape along with a group of other inmates.

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films RCA Sound Recording
Black & White 68 mins

Filming dates: Early 1955
UK Release: 14th June 1956

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification

Red = Uncredited

CREW	NAME	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Director	Bert Glazer	60	4 Dec 1895	17 Dec 1966	71	1		1
Assistant Director	Bill Shore					5	2	7
Camera Operator	Len Harris	40	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Director	Elmo Williams	43	30 Apr 1913	25 Nov 2015	102	1		1
Director of Photograhy	William Whitley	48	25 Feb 1908	2 Feb 1976	67	1		1
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	53	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	35		35
Editor	James Needs	36	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	28	21 Nov 1926		98	18		18
Lyric	Lorraine Williams					1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	48	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composer	Leonard Salzedo	34	24 Sep 1921	6 May 2000	78	7	1	8
Musical Director	John Hollingsworth	40	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Original Story	Richard Landau	42	21 Feb 1914	18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	33	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	Bert Sternbach	69	12 Mar 1887	30 Jan 1974	86	1		1
Production Manager	Jimmy Sangster	28	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Screenplay	Val Guest	44	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	30		30
Song Long Ago Guy	Douglas Gamley	31	24 Sep 1924	5 Feb 1998	73	3		3
Sound	Bill Sweeney					2		2
Supervising Editor	Bill Rivol					1		1
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	47	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
CHARACTERS
Angie Booth	Beverley Michaels	27	28 Dec 1928	9 Jun 2007	78	1		1
Bargekeeper	*Michael Golden	42	15 Aug 1913	1983	69	2	1	3
Barrowman	*Verne Morgan	55	19 Dec 1900	23 Apr 1984	83	3	1	4
Bart -Security Chief - US Version	Harry Lauter	41	19 Jun 1914	30 Oct 1990	76	1		1
Bates	Sheala Burrell	34	9 May 1922	19 Jul 2011	89	4	1	5
Bessie	Avril Angers	38	18 Apr 1918	8 Nov 2005	87	1		1
Brooker	*Fanny Carby	31	2 Feb 1925	20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Caroller	*Edna Landor	32	1924	3 Sep 2015	91		1	1
Caroller	*Joan Harrison						1	1
Caroller	*Pat Edwards						1	1
Carroler	*Hi Westwater						1	1
Chief Marton Evans	Betty Cooper	46	1 May 1910	3 Feb 1979	68	2	2	4
Civilian	*Anthony Miles					1	1	2
Cleo	Joan Rice	26	3 Feb 1930	1 Jan 1997	66	2		2
Daniels	Maurice Kaufmann	28	29 Jun 1927	21 Sep 1997	70	3	1	4
Grace	Hermione Baddeley	49	13 Nov 1906	19 Aug 1986	79	1	1	2
Granny	Thora Hird	45	28 May 1911	15 Mar 2003	91	4		4
Guard	*Irene Richmond	44	15 Nov 1911	24 May 2009	97	2	1	3
Hackett	Olwen Brookes	54	26 Nov 1901	17 Sep 1976	74		1	1
Helen	*Muriel Young	32	19 Jun 1923	24 Mar 2001	77		1	1
Hennessy	*Margaret Flint	31	13 Sep 1924	3 Jul 1993	68		1	1
Inmate	*Anne Loxley	26	7 Jun 1930		95		1	1
Inmate	*Mona Lilian	44	27 Nov 1911	1 Apr 1997	85		1	1
Insp Hedges - US version	Paul Cavanagh	67	8 Dec 1888	15 Mar 1964	75	1		1
Julian	Ralph Michael	48	26 Sep 1907	9 Nov 1994	87	2		2
Kent Foster - US version	Richard Travis	39	13 Apr 1917	11 Jul 1989	72	1		1
Laverne	*Pauline Winter	39	12 Mar 1917	4 Dec 2007	90		1	1
Lindbergh	Bill Shine	44	20 Oct 1911	24 Jul 1997	85	2		2
Loveland	*Doris Gilmore	53	29 Oct 1902	19 Sep 1986	83		1	1
Man at Doorway	*Charles Saynor	53	12 Dec 1902	6 May 1979	76	1	1	2
Marguerite	April Olrich	22	17 Jul 1933	15 Apr 2014	80	1		1
Mason	*Yvonne Manners	37	17 Jun 1918	15 Jun 2001	82		1	1
Nick	Paul Carpenter	34	8 Dec 1921	12 Jun 1964	42	5	1	6
Nick Randall - US version	Jim Davis	46	26 Aug 1909	26 Apr 1981	71	1		1
Operator	*Mark Kingston	22	18 Apr 1934	9 Oct 2011	77		1	1
Percy	Gordon Jackson	32	19 Dec 1923	15 Jan 1990	66	3		3
Pierre	Eugene Deckers	42	22 Oct 1913	13 Jul 1977	63	1	1	2
Policeman	*George Roderick	42	9 Oct 1913	10 Mar 1976	62	3	2	5
Policeman	*Thomas Glen						1	1
Prison Chaplin	John Welsh	41	7 Nov 1914	21 Apr 1985	70	4	2	6
Prison Governess	Valerie White	40	26 Dec 1915	3 Dec 1975	59	1		1
Reveller	*Douglas Argent	35	21 May 1921	30 Oct 2010	89		1	1
Reveller	*Sidney Brahms						1	1
Reveller	*Stratford Johns	30	22 Sep 1925	29 Jan 2002	76		1	1
Scrubber	*Babs Love						1	1
Scrubber	*Toots Pounds	58	17 Nov 1897	7 Jan 1976	78		2	2
Scrubber	*Vi Stevens	64	28 Nov 1891	20 Mar 1967	75		1	1
Warder	David Lodge	34	19 Aug 1921	18 Oct 2003	82	10		10

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Footnotes

American director Elmo Williams was much better known as a Film Editor. He also co-produced the 1962 epic about the D-Day landings, The Longest Day.

Uncredited Muriel Young was a popular presenter for ITV children’s programmes between 1959 and 1968.

Uncredited Stratford Johns played Inspector Barlow in BBC TV’s long running police series Z Cars.

1956 BBFC Cert. “A”

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