The Shadow of the Cat – 1961

A John Penington Production presented by B.H.P.Films
Copyright MCMLXI by B.H.P. Films Ltd. All rights reserved
MPAA Approved

All characters and incidents portrayed, and the names used herewith are ficticious and the similarity to any names, characters or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

Westrex Sound System
A B.H.P. Film produced at Bray Studios, England
Black & White 86 mins

Storyline

A female house cat sees her mistress murdered by her husband and two servants, and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Art Director	Don Mingaye	32	1929		8 Nov 2017	88	25
Assistant Director	John Peverall	30	1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21
Camera Operator	Len Harris	44	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52
Casting	Stuart Lyons	33	1928		23 Feb 1998	70	8
Cat trained by	John Holmes	48	1 Jan 1913		13 Sep 2000	87	1
Directed by	John Gilling	48	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21
Director of Photography	Arthur Grant, BSc	46	1915		1972	57	30
Editor	John Pomeroy	40	1921		1979	58	1
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger						28
Make Up	Roy Ashton	51	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36
Music Composed and Conducted by	Mikis Theodorakis	35	29 Jul 1925		2 Sep 2021	96	1
Produced by	Jon Penington	38	30 Mar 1922		13 Apr 1997	75	1
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	48	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46
Production Manager	Don Weeks	56	15 Nov 1904		1 Mar 1988	83	30
Sound Editor	Alban Streeter	31	30 Nov 1929	30.11.1929		92	7
Sound Recordist	Jock May	56	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30
Sound Recordist	Ken Cameron	45	1 Dec 1915		8 Aug 2000	84	8
Special Effects	Les Bowie	47	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32
Wardrobe Supervisor	Molly Arbuthnot	52	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48
Written by	Geoge Baxt	37	11 Jun 1923		28 Jun 2003	80	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Andrew, the Butler	Andrew Crawford	43	24 Oct 1917	18 Mar 1994	76	1
Beth Vanable	Barbara Shelley	28	13 Feb 1932	3 Jan 2021	88	8
Clara, the Maid	Freda Jackson	53	29 Dec 1907	20 Oct 1990	82	2
Edgar Venable	Richard Warner	49	24 May 1911	14 Jan 1989	77	3
Ella Venable	Catherine Lacey	56	6 May 1904	20 Sep 1979	75	3
Inspector Rowles	Alan Wheatley	53	19 Apr 1907	30 Aug 1991	84	4
Jacob Venable	William Lucas	35	14 Apr 1925	8 Jul 2016	91	3
Louise Venable	Vanda Godsell	38	17 Nov 1922	2 Apr 1990	67	3
Michael Latimer	Conrad Phillips	35	13 Apr 1925	13 Jan 2016	90	4
The Grandfather	Kynaston Reeves	67	29 May 1893	5 Dec 1971	78	2
Walter Venable	Andre Morell	51	20 Aug 1909	3 Dec 1978	69	9

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 November 1960
UK RELEASE	1 May 1961
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Although Hammer do not appear in the credits, this was clearly a Hammer Production. Not only was it filmed at Bray Studios, but many of the production crew were Hammer faithfuls, and all but one of the credited cast (Andrew Crawford) had worked (or were to work) for the company in a combined total of 28 other productions.

Alan Wheatley played the Sheriff of Nottingham in ITC’s series “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1960’s), he also played Temmosus in BBC TV’s Doctor Who (1964), becoming the first character to be killed by a Dalek!

Music composer Mikis Theodorakis also produced the score for Twentieth Century Fox’s 1964 film “Zorba the Greek”.

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