This early Seventies British comedy takes us through seven short stories based on the Seven Deadly Sins. This film is a montage of different styles, from Spike Milligan’s mainly silent “Sloth”, to the leering Harry H Corbett in “Lust”.
Production Details
A Tigon Production
107 Mins
Stills from film
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Boom Operator (uncredited) | Ken Nightingall | 42 | 21 Apr 1929 | 19 May 2020 | 91 | 3 | |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 44 | |||||
Directed by | Graham Stark | 49 | 20 Jan 1922 | 29 Oct 2013 | 91 | 2 | |
Dubbing Editor | Pat Foster | 1 | |||||
Makeup Artist | Wally Schneiderman | 49 | 27 Aug 1922 | 8 Apr 2021 | 98 | 3 | |
Music by | Roy Budd | 24 | 14 Mar 1947 | 7 Aug 1993 | 46 | 1 | |
Production Manager | Jack Causey | 57 | 1 Jan 1914 | 1 Jan 1977 | 63 | 7 | |
Second Assistant Director (uncredited) | Richard Jenkins | 24 | 04.05.1947 | 04.05.1947 | 77 | 1 | |
Special Effects | Cliff Culley | 43 | 1 Jan 1928 | 01.01.1928 | 96 | 1 | |
Stand-in (uncredited) | Tina Simmons | 4 | |||||
Still Photographer (uncredited) | Keith Hamshere | 25 | 1 Jan 1946 | 01.01.1946 | 78 | 1 | |
Wardrobe | Roy Ponting | 53 | 6 Jan 1918 | 5 Apr 1973 | 55 | 1 | |
Writer | Spike Milligan | 53 | 16 Apr 1918 | 27 Feb 2002 | 83 | 1 | |
Writer | Graham Stark | 49 | 20 Jan 1922 | 29 Oct 2013 | 91 | 2 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
A.A. Man | Robert Gillespie | 37 | 9 Nov 1933 | 09.11.1933 | 90 | 1 | |
Ambrose | Harry H. Corbett | 46 | 28 Feb 1925 | 21 Mar 1982 | 57 | 1 | |
Blonde | Anouska Hempel | 29 | 13 Dec 1941 | 13.12.1941 | 82 | 1 | |
Cockney Man | Bill Pertwee | 45 | 21 Jul 1926 | 27 May 2013 | 86 | 2 | |
Dickie | Leslie Phillips | 47 | 20 Apr 1924 | 7 Nov 2022 | 98 | 1 | |
Doctor | Patrick Newell | 39 | 27 Mar 1932 | 22 Jul 1988 | 56 | 1 | |
Elsinore | Paul Whitsun-Jones | 48 | 5 Apr 1923 | 14 Jan 1974 | 50 | 1 | |
Guest Appearance | Madeline Smith | 22 | 2 Aug 1949 | 02.08.1949 | 75 | 3 | |
Guest Appearance | David Lodge | 50 | 19 Aug 1921 | 18 Oct 2003 | 82 | 11 | |
Guest Appearance (uncredited) | Graham Stark | 49 | 20.01.1922 | 29.10.2013 | 91 | 2 | |
Ingrid | Julie Ege | 27 | 12 Nov 1943 | 29 Apr 2008 | 64 | 2 | |
Jarvis | Stephen Lewis | 44 | 17 Dec 1926 | 12 Aug 2015 | 88 | 3 | |
Kenneth | Arthur Howard | 61 | 18 Jan 1910 | 18 Jun 1995 | 85 | 6 | |
Mr. Ferris | Ian Carmichael | 51 | 18 Jun 1920 | 5 Feb 2010 | 89 | 1 | |
Mr. Spencer | Alfie Bass | 55 | 8 Apr 1916 | 15 Jul 1987 | 71 | 3 | |
Mr. Violet | Bernard Bresslaw | 37 | 25 Feb 1934 | 11 Jun 1993 | 59 | 5 | |
Petrol Attendant | Julie Samuel | 27 | 15 May 1944 | 15.05.1944 | 80 | 1 | |
Policeman | Ivor Dean | 53 | 21.12.1917 | 10.08.1974 | 56 | 1 | |
Porter | Melvyn Hayes | 36 | 11 Jan 1935 | 11.01.1935 | 89 | 4 | |
Tramp | Spike Milligan | 53 | 16 Apr 1918 | 27 Feb 2002 | 83 | 1 | |
Vera | Carmel Cryan | 22 | 8 Jul 1949 | 08.07.1949 | 75 | 1 | |
Vernon | Geoffrey Bayldon | 47 | 7 Jan 1924 | 10 May 2017 | 93 | 5 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
The segments “Pride” and “Lust” had originally been television plays in the BBC television series Comedy Playhouse (1961).