Nearest and Dearest – 1972

A Hammer / Granada Special Comedy Presentation
Copyright MCMLXXII Hammer Film Productions Limited – 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 Recording System
Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England
Processed at Rank Film Laboratories Limited 86 mins

Storyline

On the death of their father, sparring siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge inherit the family pickling factory. Then, their life is complicated by the arrival on the scene of one Vernon Smallpiece, a con-man who pretends to want to marry Nellie, but is really only interested in her inheritance. Comic (?) mayhem ensues.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Scott MacGregor	58	22 Oct 1914		1971	56	14	1	15
Associate Producer	Roy Skeggs	39	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Ast. Art Director	Don Picton	57	22 Feb 1916		Nov 1981	65	15	2	17
Ast. Director	Bill Cartlidge	30	16 Jun 1942		3 Mar 2021	78	4		4
Based on TV series by	Vince Powell	44	6 Aug 1928		13 Jul 2009	80	2		2
Based on TV series by	Harry Driver	42	13 May 1931		25 Nov 1973	42	2		2
Camera Operator	Chic (Rodney) Anstiss	42	1 Feb 1931		30 Jun 2011	80	12		12
Casting Director	James Liggat	53	1 Jan 1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Continuity	Lorely Farley	34	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84	22		22
Director	John Robins	39	1 Mar 1934	01.03.1934		89	4	1	5
Director of Photog.	David Holmes BSc	46	22 May 1927		13 Apr 1997	69	3	1	4
Dubbing Mixer	Gordon McCallum	54	26 May 1919		10 Sep 1989	70	1		1
Editor	Chris Barnes	35	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Hairdresser	Jeanette Freeman						4		4
Make-up	Eddie Knight	48	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Derek Hilton	46	3 Feb 1927		11 Jul 2005	78	1		1
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	65	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Michael Carreras	45	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	38	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Screenplay	Tom Brennand	43	10 Jul 1929		25 Feb 2006	76	1		1
Screenplay	Roy Bottomley	39	21 Jul 1933		28 Nov 2011	78	1		1
Song Lyrics	Hylda Baker	68	4 Feb 1905		1 May 1986	81	1		1
Sound Editor	Frank Goulding				1991		4		4
Sound Recordist	Les Hammond	64	6 Jun 1908				8		8
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Uncredited
Re-Recording Mixer	John Hayward							2	2

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Bert	Bert Palmer	73	22 Apr 1900		15 Jan 1980	79	1		1
Bouncer	Nosher Powell	44	15 Aug 1928		20 Apr 2013	84	3	5	8
Claude	Kerry Jewel	26	1 Jan 1947	01.01.1947		76	1		1
Club Hostess	Carmel Cryan	23	8 Jul 1949	08.07.1949		73	1		1
Court Bailiff	Peter Madden	68	9 Aug 1904		24 Feb 1976	71	6		6
Eli Pledge	Jimmy Jewell	63	4 Dec 1909		3 Dec 1995	85	1		1
Freda	Pat Ashton	42	1 Jan 1931		23 Jun 2013	82	3		3
Joshua Pledge	John Barrett	63	18 Feb 1910		22 May 1983	73	1	1	2
Lily	Madge Hindle	35	19 May 1938	19.05.1938		84	1		1
Man on Bus	Norman Chappell	47	31 Dec 1925		21 Jul 1983	57	3		3
Mimi (Stripper)	Adele Warren						1		1
Mrs Rowbottom	Yootha Joyce	45	20 Aug 1927		24 Aug 1980	53	3		3
Nellie Pledge	Hylda Baker	68	4 Feb 1905		1 May 1986	81	1		1
Scarlet O'Hara	Sue Hammer						1	1	2
Stan	Joe Gladwin	67	22 Jan 1906		11 Mar 1987	81	1		1
Vernon Smallpiece	Norman Mitchell	54	27 Aug 1918		19 Mar 2001	82	7		7
Vicar	Donald Bisset	62	3 Aug 1910		10 Aug 1995	85	2		2
Vinegar Vera	Janie Collinge						1		1
Walter	Eddie Malin	78	22 Oct 1894		1 Mar 1977	82	1		1
Uncredited
Man in Pub	Maxwell Craig							6	6
Stunts	Nosher Powell	44	15 Aug 1928		20 Apr 2013	84	3	5	8
Wedding Guest	Eric Kent	35	16 Jul 1937		5 Dec 2012	75		6	6

Production


FILMING BEGAN	10 June 1972
UK RELEASE	1 June 1973
STUDIO	Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
LOCATION	Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
	Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Footnotes

There really is not much to say about this film, except that, like “On the Buses”, it is a television spin-off, this time from a Granada TV sitcom. This – unlike “On the Buses” – was not however a box-office success.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection