Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell – 1974

A Hammer production presented by Joseph E. Levine for Avco Embassy
Copyright MCMLXXIII Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 23441

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

RCA Sound Recording
Made at EMI/MGM EIstree Studios, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England
Processed at Studio Film Laboratories 99 mins

Storyline

Young Simon Helder is a student of the works of Frankenstein. His experiments in the creation of life are discovered by the police and he is arrested, charged with witchcraft, found guilty but insane and committed to a lunatic asylum. There, he immediately recognises the medical director as Frankenstein, who is working there under an assumed name. At first, Frankenstein takes Simon on to help tend the other inmates, but it is not long before the two men are working together to create another human being…..

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Scott MacGregor	59	22 Oct 1914		1971	56	14	1	15
Ast. Art Director	Don Picton	58	22 Feb 1916		Nov 1981	65	15	2	17
Ast. Director	Derek Whitehurst	45	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16		16
Camera Operator	Chic (Rodney) Anstiss	43	1 Feb 1931		30 Jun 2011	80	12		12
Casting Director	James Liggat	54	1 Jan 1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Continuity	Kay Rawlings	56	1918		Jul 1981	63	3		3
Director	Terence Fisher	70	23 Feb 1904		18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photog.	Brian Probyn BSc	53	30 Nov 1920		25 Nov 1982	61	6		6
Dubbing Mixer	Maurice Askew	58	12 May 1916		11 Dec 1986	70	2	1	3
Editor	James Needs	54	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hairdresser	Maud Onslow						4		4
Make-up	Eddie Knight	49	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	James Bernard	48	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	24	1	25
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	66	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	40	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Production Manager	Christopher Neame	31	24 Dec 1942		12 Jun 2011	68	15	9	24
Screenplay	Anthony Hinds	51	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Sound Editor	Roy Hyde	54	15 Feb 1920		28 Jun 1985	65	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Les Hammond	65	6 Jun 1908				8		8
Wardrobe Supervisor	Dulcie Midwinter	64	7 Feb 1910		Oct 1997	87	4		4
Uncredited
Clapper Loader	Cedric James	28	1946	01.01.1946		77		1	1
Focus Puller	Malcolm Vinson	35	1939	01.01.1939		84		2	2
Foley Editor	William Parnell	28	1946	01.01.1946		77		3	3
Musician: Violins	Hugh Bean	44	22 Sep 1929		26 Dec 2003	74		1	1
Re-Recording Mixer	Lionel Strutt	37	22 Jun 1936		6 Dec 2021	85		1	1
Second Ast. Director	Christopher Carreras	24	1 Jan 1950	01.01.1950		73	2	3	5
Special Effects	Les Bowie	60	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Third Ast. Director	Roy Stevens	40	12 Mar 1934		29 Mar 2006	72		3	3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Asylum Director	John Stratton	48	7 Nov 1925		25 Oct 1991	65	1		1
Bodysnatcher	Patrick Troughton	54	25 Mar 1920		28 Mar 1987	67	5		5
Brassy Girl	Andrea Lawrence	37	20 Jun 1936	20.06.1936		86	5		5
Chatter	Janet Hargreaves	36	31 May 1937		4 Aug 2018	81	1		1
Coach Driver	Peter Madden	69	9 Aug 1904		24 Feb 1976	71	6		6
Dr Simon Helder	Shane Briant	27	17 Aug 1946		27 May 2021	74	4		4
Ernst	Philip Voss	37	20 Aug 1936		13 Nov 2020	84	1		1
Frankenstein	Peter Cushing	60	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	24	1	25
Gerda	Sheila D’Union	28	1 Jan 1946	01.01.1946		77	1		1
Hans	Christopher Cunningham						3		3
Judge	Clifford Mollison	77	30 Mar 1897		4 Jun 1986	89	3		3
Landlord	Jerold Wells	65	8 Aug 1908		19 Jul 1999	90	4		4
Letch	Victor Woolf	63	1911		1975	64	1		1
Mouse	Winifred Sabine	73	25 Jun 1900		1984	83	1		1
Muller	Sydney Bromley	64	24 Jul 1909		14 Aug 1987	78	5		5
Old Hag	Lucy Griffiths	55	24 Apr 1919		29 Sep 1982	63	1	3	4
Police Sergeant	Norman Mitchell	55	27 Aug 1918		19 Mar 2001	82	7		7
Professor Durendel	Charles Lloyd-Pack	71	10 Oct 1902		22 Dec 1983	81	8		8
Smiler	Norman Atkyns	65	13 Dec 1908		7 Aug 1980	71	1		1
Tarmut	Bernard Lee	66	10 Jan 1908		16 Jan 1981	73	2		2
The Angel	Madeline Smith	24	2 Aug 1949	02.08.1949		73	3		3
The Creature	David Prowse	38	1 Jul 1935		28 Nov 2020	85	3		3
Transvest	Michael Ward	65	9 Apr 1909		8 Nov 1997	88	5		5
Twitch	Mischa de la Motte	69	21 Jul 1904		18 Dec 1990	86	1		1
Wild One	Elsie Wagstaff	74	1 Jul 1899		16 Jul 1985	86	2		2
Uncredited
Aggressive	Gordon Richardson	62	12 Aug 1911		Dec 1994	83		1	1
Court Clerk	Roy Lansford	46	25 Feb 1928		6 Feb 2009	80		4	4
Death Wish	Nicholas Smith	40	5 Mar 1934		6 Dec 2015	81		1	1
Inmate	Hugh Cecil	60	16 May 1913		11 Feb 2004	90		1	1
Inmate	Beatrice Greeke	83	29 Dec 1890		3 Nov 1977	86		1	1
Inmate	Lianne Gilmore							1	1
Inmate	Peter Macpherson							1	1
Inmate	Ron Eagleton							1	1
Inmate	Toni Harris							1	1
Priest	George Holdcroft							3	3

Production


FILMING BEGAN	18 September 1972
UK RELEASE	12 May 1974
STUDIO	EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
LOCATION	Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Highgate, London, England	Graveyard-opening sequence

Footnotes

Terence Fisher had be coaxed out of retirement to direct this, Hammer’s last Frankenstein opus and his own last stint as director. Afterwards, he retired for good and died in 1980.

The screenplay for this film was the last contribution made to Hammer by Anthony Hinds, under his pen-name John Elder.

Actor Bernard Lee played 007’s boss ‘M’ in all of the James Bond films up to and including “Moonraker” (1979).

Nicholas Smith, uncredited here, played Mr Rumbold in the BBC TV sitcom “Are You Being Served”.

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