Doomwatch

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Production Details

A Tigon Production
Pinewood Studios, England
92 Mins

Stills from film

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Hammer Connections

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	HAMMER PRODUCTIONS
Assistant Director	Derek Whitehurst	Yes	43	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16
Boom Operator	Peter Glossop	No						1
Camera Operator	Ronnie Maasz	Yes	46	2 Feb 1926		19 Sep 2007	81	2
Construction Manager	Ken Softley	Yes	42	1930		2000	70	2
Continuity	Doreen Soan	Yes	46	1926	01/01/1928		97	6
Directed By	Peter Sasdy	Yes	36	27 May 1935			90	10
Director Of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	Yes	52	17 Jan 1920		May 1993	73	9
Director's Secretary	June Tuppen	Yes						1
Draughtsman	Alan Cassie	Yes	31	5 Jul 1940			85	2
Draughtsman	Terry Ackland-Snow	Yes	28	12 Dec 1943			81	1
Dubbing Mixer	Ken Barker	Yes	54	1918		13 Feb 2001	83	10
Focus Puller	Ronald Anscombe	Yes	40	1932	01/01/1932		93	1
Makeup Artist	John Webber	Yes						1
Makeup Supervisor	Tom Smith	Yes	51	15 Aug 1920		3 Apr 2009	88	5
Production Manager	Jack Causey	Yes	58	1914		1977	63	7
Props	Brian Payne	No						1
Re-Recording Mixer	Otto Snel	No	34	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	15
Re-Recording Mixer	Graham V. Hartstone	No	27	1 Jun 1944			81	6
Second Assistant Director	Lindsey C. Vickers	No	32	1940	01/01/1940		85	7
Sound Editor	Mike Hopkins G.B.F.E.	Yes				23 May 2021		1
Sound Recordist	Ron Barron	Yes	48	9 Dec 1923		15 Dec 1973	50	4
Third Assistant Director	Graham Easton	No	25	26 Jun 1946			79	2
CAST
Bob Gillette	James Cosmo	Yes	23	24 May 1948			77	1
Bradley	Joby Blanshard	Yes	52	7 Nov 1919		26 Nov 1992	73	2
Brewer	Norman Bird	Yes	47	30 Oct 1924		22 Apr 2005	80	5
Coffin Bearer	Jim O’Brady	No	64	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83	18
Constable Hartwell	Percy Herbert	Yes	51	31 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6
Dr. Quist	John Paul	Yes	50	20 Apr 1921		23 Feb 1995	73	3
Ferry Skipper	George Woodbridge	Yes	65	16 Feb 1907		31 Mar 1973	66	10
Grandfather Murray	Paddy Ryan	Yes	61	3 Jan 1911		10 May 1990	79	4
Mrs. Betty Straker	Shelagh Fraser	Yes	51	25 Nov 1920		29 Aug 2000	79	1
Sam	Reg Lever	Yes	68	4 Sep 1903		18 Aug 1985	81	1
Sir Henry Leyton	Geoffrey Keen	Yes	55	21 Aug 1916		3 Nov 2005	89	4
Tom Straker	Michael Brennan	Yes	59	25 Sep 1912		29 Jun 1982	69	1
Vicar	Joseph OConor	Yes	62	14 Feb 1910		21 Jan 2001	90	2
Victoria Brown	Judy Geeson	Yes	23	10 Sep 1948			77	1
Villager	Fred Wood	No	50	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81	19
Villager	Jimmy Charters	No						7
Villager	Daniel Brown	No						6
Young Woman	Pam St. Clement	Yes	29	11 May 1942			83	1

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Footnotes

Based on a BBC TV series in production, it uses four of the regulars from the show but largely sidelines them in featured roles, having a new character played by Ian Bannen as the lead alongside Judy Geeson’s local schoolteacher, who aids him on Balfe.

1972 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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