Creatures the World Forgot – 1971

A Hammer production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLXX Hammer Film Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
Westrex Sound System
Made by Hammer Film Productions Ltd., London, England
Sound Recording at Pinewood Studios London, England
Technicolor 95 mins
Storyline
The Rock Tribe is a group of nomadic Stone Age hunters, who constantly battle with their harsh environment for survival. Their leader has two sons, a good, fair one and an evil, dark one. The fair one becomes the leader of the tribe on their father’s death, but a deadly struggle of good against evil breaks out when the dark one challenges his brother’s position.
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
1st Ast. Director | Ferdinand Fairfax | 26 | 1 Aug 1944 | 7 Mar 2008 | 63 | 1 | 1 | ||
2nd Ast. Director | Simon Peterson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Animals | Uwe D Schutz | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ast. Art Director | Josie MacAvin | 52 | 1 Jan 1919 | 26 Jan 2005 | 86 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ast. Art Director | Roy Taylor | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Ernie Robinson | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Casting Director | James Liggat | 51 | 1 Jan 1920 | 28 Sep 1981 | 61 | 29 | 2 | 31 | |
Continuity | Lolly Walder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Director | Don Chaffey | 53 | 5 Aug 1917 | 13 Nov 1990 | 73 | 6 | 6 | ||
Dubbing Mixer | Ken Barker | 53 | 1 Jan 1918 | 13 Feb 2001 | 83 | 10 | 10 | ||
Editor | Chris Barnes | 33 | 1 Jan 1938 | 5 Jun 2009 | 71 | 21 | 12 | 33 | |
Hairdressing Supervisor | Jeanette Freeman | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Lighting | Moira Richardson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Location Management | Sun Salaris | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Make-up Supervisor | Bill Lodge | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Music Composer | Mario Nascimbene | 57 | 28 Nov 1913 | 6 Jan 2002 | 88 | 4 | 4 | ||
Music Supervisor | Philip Martell | 63 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Photog. | Vincent Cox | 37 | 17 Oct 1933 | 89 | 1 | 1 | |||
Producer | Michael Carreras | 43 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 85 | |
Production Designer | John Stoll | 57 | 13 Dec 1913 | 25 Jun 1990 | 76 | 5 | 5 | ||
Production Manager | Jack Martin | 72 | 15 Mar 1899 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
Second Unit Cameraman | Ray Sturgess | 60 | 28 Oct 1910 | Jan 2000 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sound Editor | Terry Poulton | 41 | 1930 | 1993 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
Sound Editor | Roy Hyde | 51 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Sound Recordist | John Streeter | 46 | 1925 | 2012 | 86 | 8 | 8 | ||
Special Effects | Sid Pearson | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||||
Stills Cameraman | Albert Clarke | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Technical Advisor | Adrien Boshier | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wardrobe Master | Roy Ponting | 53 | 6 Jan 1918 | 5 Apr 1973 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Writer | Michael Carreras | 43 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 85 | |
Uncredited | |||||||||
Make-up | Colin Garde | 55 | 16 Jul 1915 | Dec 1990 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Re-Recording Mixer | Graham V. Hartstone | 26 | 1 Jun 1944 | 78 | 6 | 6 | |||
Stunts | Bronco McLoughlin | 32 | 10 Aug 1938 | 26 Mar 2019 | 80 | 2 | 2 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||||
The "Dark" Boy | Robin John | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The "Fair" Boy | Tony Bonner | 27 | 23 Nov 1943 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
The Dancer | Rosita Moulan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Dumb Girl | Marcia Fox | 27 | 1 Sep 1943 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
The Father | Brian O'Shaughnessy | 39 | 5 May 1931 | 14 Jul 2001 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
The Girl | Julie Ege | 27 | 12 Nov 1943 | 29 Apr 2008 | 64 | 2 | 2 | ||
Leader of Fair Tribe | Ken Hare | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Marauder Leader | Frank Swart | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Mother | Sue Wilson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Murderer | Frank Hayden | 42 | 1929 | 1988 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
The Old Crone | Rosalie Crutchley | 51 | 4 Jan 1920 | 28 Jul 1997 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
The Old Leader | Don Leonard | 46 | 1925 | 2002 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Young "Dark" Boy | Hans Kiesouw | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young "Fair" Boy | Gerard Bonthuys | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Dumb Girl | Josje Kiesouw | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Lovers | Beverly Blake | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Lovers | Doon Baide | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Masked Attacker | John Hollis | 43 | 12 Nov 1927 | 18 Oct 2005 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Old Rock Woman | Lillian M. Nowag | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Old Rock Woman | Mildred Johnston | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Old Rock Woman | Vera P. Crosdale | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Cheryl Stewardson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Debbie Aubrey-Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Heinke Thater | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Samantha Bates | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Trudy Inns | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Alwyn van der Merwe | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Dick Swain | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Jose Manuel | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Jose Rozendo | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Manuel Neto | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Mark Russell | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Mike Dickman | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Mother | Audrey Allen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Widow | Joan Boshier | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Woman in Fight | Christine Hudson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Woman in Fight | Tamsin Millard | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Stunts | Frank Hayden | 42 | 1929 | 1988 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
The Hunter | Derek Ward | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Old Tribal Artist | Leo Payne | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||||
The "Dark" Boy | Robin John | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The "Fair" Boy | Tony Bonner | 27 | 23 Nov 1943 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
The Dancer | Rosita Moulan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Dumb Girl | Marcia Fox | 27 | 1 Sep 1943 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
The Father | Brian O'Shaughnessy | 39 | 5 May 1931 | 14 Jul 2001 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
The Girl | Julie Ege | 27 | 12 Nov 1943 | 29 Apr 2008 | 64 | 2 | 2 | ||
Leader of Fair Tribe | Ken Hare | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Marauder Leader | Frank Swart | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Mother | Sue Wilson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Murderer | Frank Hayden | 42 | 1929 | 1988 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
The Old Crone | Rosalie Crutchley | 51 | 4 Jan 1920 | 28 Jul 1997 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
The Old Leader | Don Leonard | 46 | 1925 | 2002 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Young "Dark" Boy | Hans Kiesouw | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young "Fair" Boy | Gerard Bonthuys | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Dumb Girl | Josje Kiesouw | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Lovers | Beverly Blake | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Young Lovers | Doon Baide | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Masked Attacker | John Hollis | 43 | 12 Nov 1927 | 18 Oct 2005 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Old Rock Woman | Lillian M. Nowag | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Old Rock Woman | Mildred Johnston | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Old Rock Woman | Vera P. Crosdale | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Cheryl Stewardson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Debbie Aubrey-Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Heinke Thater | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Samantha Bates | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Girl | Trudy Inns | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Alwyn van der Merwe | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Dick Swain | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Jose Manuel | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Jose Rozendo | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Manuel Neto | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Mark Russell | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Man | Mike Dickman | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Mother | Audrey Allen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Widow | Joan Boshier | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Woman in Fight | Christine Hudson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Rock Woman in Fight | Tamsin Millard | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Stunts | Frank Hayden | 42 | 1929 | 1988 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
The Hunter | Derek Ward | 1 | 1 | ||||||
The Old Tribal Artist | Leo Payne | 1 | 1 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 1 July 1970 | |
UK RELEASE | 18 April 1971 | |
STUDIO | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England | |
LOCATION | South Africa | Jungle scenes with antilope, oryx, wildebeest, warthog, brown hyena, crested porcupine, snakes and a scorpion |
Namibia | Desert dune scenes |
Footnotes
The film was photographed entirely on location in South Africa. The vast areas of naked flesh are nearly as expansive as the desert locations in this, Hammer’s first X-rated prehistoric romp. However, there are no dinosaurs, their extinction this time being due to a lack of budget, rather than to any sudden climatic change or the earth being hit by a giant asteroid. A case not so much of being forgotten as being unaffordable!
Julie Ege was a former Miss Norway whose brief film career also included the Marty Feldman comedy, “Every Home Should Have One” (1970) and Hammer’s “The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires” (1974). She died from breast cancer at the age of 64
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection