American Chris Smith wakes up in a clinic with amnesia after being injured in a car crash. He is discharged and moves into a London flat which, like his medical treatment, has been paid for by an anonymous benefactor. While there,he meets the beautiful but enigmatic Denise and soon finds himself at the heart of a complicated and deadly murder plot.
Production Details
A Hammer film production released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Copyright MCMLXIV Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No.20701
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
Westrex Recording System
Produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Elstree, England
Black and White 85 mins
Filming Began: 10th February 1964
UK Release: 27th June 1965
Studio:
MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Location:
Kew Green, Richmond, London
York House, Wembley, London
Twickenham Bridge, Richmond, London
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Assistant Director | Basil Rayburn | 40 | 14 Dec 1924 | 1 Jan 2006 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 49 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Continuity | Yvonne Axworthy | 39 | 1 Jan 1926 | 1 Jan 1991 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |
Director | Freddie Francis | 47 | 22 Dec 1917 | 17 Mar 2007 | 89 | 6 | 6 | |
Director of Photography | John Wilcox BSc | 60 | 7 May 1905 | 31 May 1979 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Hair Stylist | Alice Holmes | 1 | 1 | |||||
Make-up | Alec Garfath | 50 | 17 Jun 1915 | 1 Jan 1971 | 55 | 2 | 2 | |
Music Composer | Don Banks | 41 | 25 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 9 | 9 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 57 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 |
Producer | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 |
Production Designer | Edward Carrick | 60 | 3 Jan 1905 | 21 Jan 1998 | 93 | 3 | 3 | |
Production Manager | Don Weeks | 60 | 15 Nov 1904 | 1 Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 | 30 | |
Sound Editor | Roy Hyde | 45 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 |
Sound Recordist | Cyril Swern | 44 | 27 Jan 1921 | 1 Dec 1987 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 45 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 |
Wardrobe Mistress | Maude Churchill | 2 | 2 | |||||
Writer | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Allen's Secretary | Marianne Stone | 42 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Chris Smith | Robert Webber | 40 | 14 Oct 1924 | 19 May 1989 | 64 | 1 | 1 | |
Denise | Lelia Goldoni | 28 | 01 Oct 1936 | 22 Jul 2023 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Dr Keller | Anthony Newlands | 40 | 31 Jan 1925 | 6 Oct 1995 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
Driver | John Arnatt | 48 | 9 May 1917 | 21 Dec 1999 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
English Girl | Sandra Boize | 1 | 1 | |||||
French Girl | Sue Lloyd | 25 | 7 Aug 1939 | 20 Oct 2011 | 72 | 3 | 3 | |
Gina | Jennifer Jayne | 33 | 14 Nov 1931 | 23 Apr 2006 | 74 | 2 | 2 | |
Hemmings | Maurice Denham | 55 | 23 Dec 1909 | 24 Jul 2002 | 92 | 4 | 4 | |
Husband | Kiwi Kingston | 51 | 1 Jan 1914 | 1 Jan 1992 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |
Marcus Allen | Peter Woodthorpe | 33 | 25 Sep 1931 | 12 Aug 2004 | 72 | 2 | 2 | |
Mrs Keller | Irene Richmond | 53 | 15 Nov 1911 | 24 May 2009 | 97 | 2 | 2 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
American actor Robert Webber was not a sufficiently high-power name to spark much box-office interest in this unsuccessful addition to Hammer’s catalogue of psychological thrillers.
Composer, Don Banks was used occasionally by Hammer as an alternative to James Bernard. His other musical contributions for them are to Captain Clegg (1962), Nightmare (1963), The Evil of Frankenstein (1964), The Brigand of Kandahar (1965), Rasputin – the Mad Monk (1966), The Reptile (1966) and The Mummy’s Shroud (1966). On one occasion, the two men both provided music for the same film – Amicus’s Torture Garden (1967).