The Body Stealers

In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-beam of alien origin.

Production Details

A Tigon Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
91 Mins

Stills from film

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Hammer Connections

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	HAMMER PRODUCTIONS
Art Direction	Wilfred Arnold	Yes	66	12 Feb 1903	9 Jun 1970	67	5
Hairdresser	Olga Angelinetta	Yes	66	27 Mar 1902	18 Jan 1995	92	3
Makeup Artist	Roy Ashton	Yes	59	16 Apr 1909	10 Jan 1995	85	40
Makeup Artist	Bunty Phillips	Yes			1993		1
Production Manager	John Workman	Yes	48	28 May 1920	1973	52	2
Sound Mixer	Bob Peck	Yes					1
CAST
Bob Megan	Patrick Allen	Yes	41	17 Mar 1927	28 Jul 2006	79	6
Dispatch Driver	Michael Goldie	Yes	37	26 Feb 1932	17 Jun 2013	81	2
First Control Officer	Dennis Chinnery	Yes	41	14 May 1927	29 Feb 2012	84	1
Gate Guard	Pat Judge	No	46	17 Mar 1922	19 Feb 2008	85	1
Hindesmith	Allan Cuthbertson	Yes	48	7 Apr 1920	8 Feb 1988	67	3
Lt. Bailes	Michael Culver	Yes	30	16 Jun 1938	27 Feb 2024	85	1
Mrs. Thatcher	Shelagh Fraser	Yes	48	25 Nov 1920	29 Aug 2000	79	1
Orderly	Johnny Wade	Yes	36	30 Mar 1932		94	1
Paula	Carol-Anne Hawkins	Yes	20	31 Jan 1949		77	1
Pilot Officer Briggs	Carl Rigg	Yes	27	21 May 1941		84	1
Sergeant in Lab	Clifford Earl	Yes	35	29 Aug 1933	30 Jul 2015	81	1
Villager	John Clifford	No	78	1 Jan 1891			1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

When the aliens’ spaceship appears, the model used is the same one from Amicus’s Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), but repainted in a lighter shade.

1969 BBFC Cert. “X”

Production Details

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Hammer Connections

Original Poster

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