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

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Hammer Connections


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Assistant Director	Derek Whitehurst	43	1 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16
Camera Operator (As Ron Maasz)	Ronnie Maasz	46	1 Feb 1926		19 Jul 2007	81	2
Construction Manager	Ken Softley	42	31 Dec 1929		1 Jan 2000	70	2
Continuity	Doreen Soan	46	1 Jan 1926	01.01.1926		98	3
Directed By	Peter Sasdy	36	27 May 1935	27.05.1935		89	6
Director Of Photography	Kenneth Talbot	52	16 Jan 1920		1 May 1993	73	9
Dubbing Mixer	Ken Barker	54	31 Dec 1917		13 Feb 2001	83	10
Electrician (Uncredited)	Stan Smith						1
Makeup Artist (Uncredited)	John Webber						1
Makeup Supervisor	Tom Smith	51	14 Aug 1920		3 Apr 2009	88	5
Production Manager	Jack Causey	58	31 Dec 1913		1 Jan 1977	63	6
Re-Recording Mixer (Uncredited)	Otto Snel	34	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11
Sound Editor (As Michael Hopkins)	Mike Hopkins						1
Sound Recordist	Ron Barron	48	9 Dec 1923		15 Dec 1973	50	4

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Bob Gillette	James Cosmo	23	24 May 1948	24.05.1948		76	1
Bradley	Joby Blanshard	52	6 Nov 1919		26 Nov 1992	73	2
Brewer	Norman Bird	47	29 Oct 1924		22 Apr 2005	80	5
Constable Hartwell	Percy Herbert	51	30 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6
Dr. Quist	John Paul	50	19 Apr 1921		1 Feb 1995	73	3
Ferry Skipper	George Woodbridge	65	15 Feb 1907		30 Mar 1973	66	10
Grandfather Murray	Paddy Ryan	61	2 Jan 1911		10 May 1990	79	2
Mrs. Betty Straker	Shelagh Fraser	51	24 Nov 1920		29 Aug 2000	79	1
Sam	Reg Lever	68	3 Sep 1903		18 Aug 1985	81	1
Sir Henry Leyton	Geoffrey Keen	55	20 Aug 1916		3 Nov 2005	89	4
The Admiral - Sir Geoffrey	George Sanders	65	2 Jul 1906		24 Apr 1972	65	1
Tom Straker	Michael Brennan	59	24 Sep 1912		28 Sep 1982	70	1
Victoria Brown	Judy Geeson	23	10 Sep 1948	10.09.1948		75	1
Young Woman	Pam St. Clement	29	11 May 1942	11.05.1942		82	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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Hammer Connections

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