Anthology adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes about an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him.
Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
98 Mins
Stills from film
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Chief Hairdresser | Mibs Parker | 8 | |||||
Chief Make-up Artist | Neville Smallwood | 51 | 10 Apr 1922 | 1 Nov 2004 | 82 | 1 | |
Conductor | Douglas Gamley | 49 | 23 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 3 | |
Director of Photography | Alan Hume | 49 | 15 Oct 1924 | 13 Jul 2010 | 85 | 1 | |
Film Editing | John Ireland | 60 | 29 Jan 1914 | 21 Mar 1992 | 78 | 1 | |
First Assistant Director | John Peverall | 53 | 31 Dec 1920 | 3 Oct 2009 | 88 | 20 | |
Music | Douglas Gamley | 49 | 23 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 3 | |
Production Design by | Maurice Carter | 60 | 24 Apr 1913 | 1 Apr 2000 | 86 | 1 | |
Sound Editor | Peter Keen | 39 | 1935 | 1984 | 49 | 1 | |
Sound Mixer | Peter Handford | 54 | 21 Mar 1919 | 6 Nov 2007 | 88 | 1 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Jim Underwood | Donald Pleasence | 54 | 4 Oct 1919 | 2 Feb 1995 | 75 | 1 | |
Mabel Lowe | Diana Dors | 42 | 22 Oct 1931 | 4 May 1984 | 52 | 3 | |
Mr Jeffries | Tommy Godfrey | 57 | 19 Jun 1916 | 24 Jun 1984 | 68 | 2 | |
Reginald Warren | Ian Carmichael | 53 | 18 Jun 1920 | 5 Feb 2010 | 89 | 1 | |
Rosemary Seaton | Lesley-Anne Down | 19 | 17 Mar 1954 | 17.03.1954 | 70 | 1 | |
Sir Michael Sinclair | Jack Watson | 58 | 13 May 1915 | 4 Jul 1999 | 84 | 1 | |
The Proprietor | Peter Cushing | 60 | 23 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 25 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
This was the second “Amicus” horror film where Peter Cushing played the host in the framework story. The previous film being Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965).
Donald Pleasence, who played Hawkins in Hammer’s Hell is a City, is seen here alongside his real-life daughter, Angela.