Opening title:- “1648: This is the story of a band of freemen who defied a tyrant.” During the English Civil War, the villainous Colonel Judd, once a Royalist, has changed sides and now vehemently supports Cromwell and his Ironsides. But his daughter, Clare, is still a staunch believer in the King and conspires against her father with the dashing, heroic figure known as The Scarlet Blade.
Production Details
A Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Picture Corporation Limited and released through Warner – Pathe Distributors Ltd (UK) and Columbia Pictures (USA)
Copyright MCMLXIII Hammer Film Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein, with ttle exception of King Charles I, are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Technicolor 82 mins Hammerscope
Filming Began: 1st March 1963
UK Release: 11th August 1963
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Location:
Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire – Forest
Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire – Interior Beverley Manor
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/# | 34 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
Assistant Art Director | Kenneth Ryan | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/# | 24 | 17 Jun 1939 | 17.06.1939 | 85 | 5 | 33 | 38 | |
Assistant Director | Douglas Hermes | 40 | 28 Jun 1923 | 1981 | 57 | 6 | 6 | ||
Assistant Editor | Martyn K.E. Green | 19 | 1944 | 01.01.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Assistant Make-up Artist | Richard Mills | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
Assistant Wardrobe | Gloria Barnes | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Boom Operator | Peter Pardo | 28 | 1935 | 14 Jun 2011 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Maintenance | John Kerley | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Cece Cooney | 56 | 11 Sep 1906 | Sep 1993 | 86 | 5 | 5 | ||
Chief Electrician | Jack Curtis | 3 | 24 | 27 | |||||
Clapper Loader | David Kelly | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Construction Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-banks/# | 19 | 29 | 48 | |||||
Continuity | Pauline Harlow (Wise) | 25 | 1938 | 01.01.1938 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
Director | John Gilling | 51 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 19 | 19 | ||
Director of Photography | Jack Asher BSc | 47 | 29 Mar 1916 | Apr 1991 | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
Editor | John Dunsford | 36 | 11 Oct 1926 | 1995 | 68 | 5 | 5 | ||
Electrician | Vic Hemmings | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Focus Puller | Michael Sarafian | 29 | 1934 | 01.01.1934 | 90 | 1 | 1 | ||
Focus Puller | Peter Hurst | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Grip | Albert Cowlard | 40 | 1923 | 01.01.1923 | 101 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 59 | 29 Dec 1903 | 19 Aug 1993 | 89 | 28 | 28 | ||
Make-up Artist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/# | 54 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Master Carpenter | Charles Davis | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Master Painter | Lawrence Wren | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Master Plasterer | Stan Banks | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Music Composer | Gary Hughes | 41 | 21 Mar 1922 | 25 Apr 1978 | 56 | 5 | 5 | ||
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/# | 47 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 40 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/# | 51 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Production Designer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/# | 51 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 49 | |
Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | 35 | 10 Jul 1928 | 20.11.2014 | 87 | 12 | 12 | ||
Production Secretary | Barbara Allen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Property Buyer | Eric Hillier | 43 | 1920 | 1975 | 55 | 17 | 17 | ||
Property Master | Tom Money | 46 | 1917 | 1974 | 57 | 2 | 21 | 23 | |
Publicity Director | Brian Doyle | 32 | 26 Nov 1930 | 23 Jan 2008 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Screenplay | John Gilling | 51 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 19 | 19 | ||
Sound Camera Operator | Alan Thorne | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||||
Sound Editor | James Groom | 38 | 1925 | 17 May 2016 | 91 | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
Sound Maintenance | Charles Bouvet | 56 | 27 Oct 1906 | 1978 | 71 | 8 | 8 | ||
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 45 | 1 Jan 1918 | 1971 | 53 | 18 | 18 | ||
Sound Transfer Operator | Michael Sale | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Special Effects | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/les-bowie/# | 49 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 30 | 13 | 43 | |
Still Photographer | Tom Edwards | 1999 | 29 | 29 | |||||
Studio Manager | A.F. Kelly | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Stunts | Peter Diamond | 34 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 29 | |
Stunts | Micky Baker | 2017 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 43 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Third Assistant Director | Stephen Victor | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Wardrobe Mistress | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/rosemary-burrows/# | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 54 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Beverley | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-stuart/# | 65 | 18 Jul 1898 | 17 Oct 1979 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Blake | Douglas Blackwell | 39 | 17 May 1924 | 17 Oct 2009 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Captain | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-harvey/# | 51 | 27 Sep 1911 | 19 Jul 1982 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
Chaplain | Denis Holmes | 42 | 7 Jun 1921 | 27 May 2013 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Clare Judd | June Thorburn | 32 | 8 Jun 1931 | 4 Nov 1967 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cobb | Harry Towb | 38 | 27 Jul 1925 | 24 Jul 2009 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Colonel Judd | Lionel Jeffries | 37 | 10 Jun 1926 | 19 Feb 2010 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
Constance | Suzan Farmer | 21 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 4 | 4 | ||
Drury | Charles Houston | 32 | 1931 | 2006 | 75 | 5 | 5 | ||
Duncannon | Eric Corrie | 39 | 6 Aug 1924 | 1999 | 74 | 2 | 2 | ||
Edward Beverley | Jack Hedley | 33 | 28 Oct 1929 | 11 Dec 2021 | 92 | 4 | 4 | ||
Fitzroy | John H Watson | 40 | 17 Jul 1923 | 24 Dec 2000 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Gonzales | Leslie Glazer | 40 | 4 Mar 1923 | 28 May 1995 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jacob | Harold Goldblatt | 64 | 5 Jul 1899 | 22 Apr 1982 | 82 | 2 | 2 | ||
King Charles I | Robert Rietty | 40 | 8 Feb 1923 | 3 Apr 2015 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Loyalist | Frank Maher | 34 | 18 Jun 1929 | 13 Jul 2007 | 78 | 3 | 3 | ||
Lt Hawke | Michael Byrne | 19 | 7 Nov 1943 | 7.11.1943 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Lt. Wyatt | John Woodnutt | 39 | 3 Mar 1924 | 2 Jan 2006 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||
Major Bell | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/duncan-lamont/# | 45 | 17 Jun 1918 | 19 Dec 1978 | 60 | 7 | 7 | ||
Man in Tavern | James Payne | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Pablo | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-ripper/# | 50 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Philip | Clifford Elkin | 28 | 30 Dec 1934 | 2012 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Roundhead Soldier | Bill Brandon | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Servant | Frank Schock | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Soldier | Fred Haggerty | 41 | 26 Sep 1921 | 26 Jul 2002 | 80 | 4 | 4 | ||
Soldier | Anthony Lang | 2 Mar 1992 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Soldier | Lou Morgan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Soldier / Servant / Officer | Peter Diamond | 34 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 29 | |
Sylvester | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/oliver-reed/# | 25 | 13 Feb 1938 | 2 May 1999 | 61 | 9 | 9 | ||
Town Crier | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-woodbridge/# | 56 | 16 Feb 1907 | 31 Mar 1973 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
Townsman | Ned Lynch | 54 | 1909 | 16 Jun 2000 | 91 | 2 | 2 | ||
Villager | Wally Bosco | 83 | 31 Jan 1880 | 17 Apr 1973 | 93 | 1 | 1 | ||
Villager | Barbara Bennett | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
This was actor Lionel Jeffries’ last film for Hammer, having already appeared in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Further up the Creek and The Revenge of Frankenstein (both 1958).
Suzan Farmer also turns up in Hammer’s The Devil-Ship Pirates (1963) Dracula – Prince of Darkness and Rasputin – the Mad Monk (both 1966). She also played Boris Karloff’s daughter in Monster of Terror (1965).
Jack Hedley worked for Hammer again in The Secret of Blood Island (1965) and as one of Bette Davis’s sons in The Anniversary (1968).