Roman Britain. Opening title:- “This was a land where druid priests held sway over peoples minds and prophesied that one day a woman would wear armour and wield a sword against the Romans. A woman who would be called – The Viking Queen”. On his deathbed, old King Priam names his daughter, Salina, as his successor. She is a peace-loving young woman who tries to keep all sides – Druids and Romans alike – happy, at the same time falling in love with the Roman commander Justinian. But, circumstances soon dictate that she must take sides against the man she loves.
Production Details
A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMlXVl Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
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
RCA Sound System
Filmed at Ardmore Studios Ireland, and on location in County Wicklow, Ireland
Technicolor 91 mins
Filming Began: 15th June 1966
UK Release: 26 March 1967
Studio:
Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Location:
Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland – Waterfall
Loch Tay, County Wicklow, Ireland
Wicklow Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
Sally Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
Kilruddery Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland
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 | Dennis Bertera | 49 | 1918 | 1997 | 79 | 3 | 3 | ||
Assistant Sound Editor | Jim Hopkins | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 51 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Continuity | Ann Skinner | 30 | 1 Feb 1937 | 01.02.1937 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Costume Designer | John Furniss | 32 | 1935 | 01.01.1935 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
Director | Don Chaffey | 49 | 5 Aug 1917 | 13 Nov 1990 | 73 | 6 | 6 | ||
Dubbing Crew | Lionel Strutt | 30 | 22 Jun 1936 | 6 Dec 2021 | 85 | 2 | 2 | ||
Dubbing Crew | Maurice Askew | 50 | 12 May 1916 | 11 Dec 1986 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Editor | Peter Boita | 42 | 25 Aug 1924 | Oct 1997 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Gaffer | Bernie Prentice | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hair Stylist | Bobbie Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Make-up Supervisor | Charles Parker | 56 | 14 Jun 1910 | Nov 1977 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Master of Horse | Frank Hayden | 38 | 1929 | 1988 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Matte Painter | Doug Ferris | 36 | 1931 | 01.01.1931 | 93 | 2 | 2 | ||
Music Composer | Gary Hughes | 45 | 21 Mar 1922 | 25 Apr 1978 | 56 | 5 | 5 | ||
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/# | 59 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Original Story | John Temple-Smith | 43 | 18 Nov 1923 | 2010 | 86 | 3 | 3 | ||
Photography | Stephen Dade BSc | 57 | 13 Aug 1909 | 1975 | 65 | 2 | 2 | ||
Producer | John Temple-Smith | 43 | 18 Nov 1923 | 2010 | 86 | 3 | 3 | ||
Production Designer | George Provis | 59 | 1908 | 1989 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
Production Liaison | Lieut. Colonel William OKelly | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Production Manager | Rene Dupont | 37 | 10 Oct 1929 | 10.10.1929 | 94 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Screenplay | Clarke Reynolds | 49 | 20 May 1917 | 18 Aug 1994 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Second Unit Cameraman | John Harris | 41 | 15 May 1925 | 3 Jul 2012 | 87 | 2 | 2 | ||
Second Unit Director | Jack Causey | 53 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Sound Editor | Stan Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Mixer | H.L. Bird | 57 | 9 Jun 1909 | 1968 | 58 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Mixer | Bob Jones | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Special Effects | Alan Bryce | 39 | 21 Dec 1927 | 24 Dec 2000 | 73 | 2 | 2 | ||
Still Photographer | George Higgins | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Stunts | Steve Emerson | 32 | 31 Oct 1934 | 31.10.1934 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Stunts | Bronco McLoughlin | 28 | 10 Aug 1938 | 26 Mar 2019 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Stunts | Tim Condron | 40 | 22 Oct 1926 | 19 Jul 2006 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 47 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Third Assistant Director | Mike Higgins | 20 | 1947 | 01.01.1947 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Wardrobe Master | Jack Gallagher | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Hilda Geerdts | 48 | 1919 | 1998 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Beatrice | Adrienne Corri | 35 | 13 Nov 1931 | 13 Mar 2016 | 84 | 4 | 4 | ||
Benedict | Patrick Gardiner | 41 | 1926 | 30 Sep 1970 | 44 | 1 | 1 | ||
Catus | Percy Herbert | 46 | 31 Jul 1920 | 6 Dec 1992 | 72 | 6 | 6 | ||
Dalan (Maelgans son) | Paul Murphy | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dominic | Bryan Marshall | 28 | 19 May 1938 | 25 Jun 2019 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Fabian | Gerald Alexander | 37 | 17 Dec 1929 | 17.12.1929 | 94 | 1 | 1 | ||
Fergus | Sean Caffrey | 26 | 15 Apr 1940 | 25 Apr 2013 | 73 | 2 | 2 | ||
Justinian | Don Murray | 37 | 31 Jul 1929 | 2 Feb 2024 | 94 | 1 | 1 | ||
King Priam | Wilfrid Lawson | 67 | 14 Jan 1900 | 10 Oct 1966 | 66 | 1 | 1 | ||
Maelgan | Donald Houston | 43 | 6 Nov 1923 | 13 Oct 1991 | 67 | 2 | 2 | ||
Merchant | Philip O’Flynn | 39 | 27 Apr 1927 | Dec 1999 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
Narator | Patrick Allen | 40 | 17 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2006 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Nigel | Brendan Matthews | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Nubian Girl-Slave | Nita Lorraine | 25 | 23 Jan 1942 | 23.01.1942 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Octavian | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/andrew-keir/# | 40 | 3 Apr 1926 | 5 Oct 1997 | 71 | 7 | 7 | ||
Old Man at Tax Enquiry | Arthur O’Sullivan | 55 | 1912 | 17 Feb 1981 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||
Osiris | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/denis-shaw/# | 45 | 7 Apr 1921 | 28 Feb 1971 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Salina | Carita Jarvinen | 23 | 20 May 1943 | 29 Jan 2022 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Shopkeeper at Protest Gathering | Cecil Sheridan | 58 | 1909 | 4 Jan 1980 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Shopkeepers Wife | Anna Mannahan | 42 | 18 Oct 1924 | 8 Mar 2009 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
Talia | Nicola Pagett | 21 | 15 Jun 1945 | 3 Mar 2021 | 75 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tiberian | Niall MacGinnis | 53 | 29 Mar 1913 | 6 Jan 1977 | 63 | 3 | 3 | ||
Tristram | Patrick Troughton | 47 | 25 Mar 1920 | 28 Mar 1987 | 67 | 5 | 5 | ||
With | Scott McGinnis | 8 | 19 Nov 1958 | 19.11.1958 | 65 | 1 | 1 |
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Footnotes
American star Don Murray’s credits include Bus Stop (1956), for which he received an Oscar nomination, Fred Zinnemann’s A Hatfull of Rain (1957), Bachelor Party (1957) and Otto Preminger’s Advise and Consent (1962).
New find Carita did not enjoy the same success as Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch and appears to have vanished without trace after this film.
Despite having significant roles in many films, Adrianne Corri is best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mrs. Alexander, the wife of the writer Frank Alexander, in Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange (1971). She also played the Gypsy Woman in Hammer’s Vampire Circus (1971)