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 Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Don Mingaye	32	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Ast. Director	John Peverall	30	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Camera Operator	Len Harris	44	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Casting	Stuart Lyons	33	1 Jan 1928		23 Feb 1998	70	8		8
Cat trained by	John Holmes	48	1 Jan 1913		13 Sep 2000	87	1	1	2
Director	John Gilling	48	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21		21
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	46	1915		1972	56	30		30
Editor	John Pomeroy	40	1921		1979	57	1		1
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	57	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Make-up	Roy Ashton	52	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composed & Conducted by	Mikis Theodorakis	35	29 Jul 1925		2 Sep 2021	96	1		1
Producer	Jon Penington	39	30 Mar 1922		13 Apr 1997	75	1		1
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	48	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	56	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Sound Editor	Alban Streeter	31	1 Jan 1930	01.01.1930		93	7		7
Sound Recordist	Ken Cameron	45	1 Dec 1915		8 Aug 2000	84	8	2	10
Sound Recordist	Jock May	56	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Special Effects	Les Bowie	47	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Wardrobe Supervisor	Molly Arbuthnot	52	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Writer	George Baxt	37	11 Jun 1923		28 Jun 2003	80	1		1
Uncredited
Ast. Costume Designer	Yvonne Blake	21	17 Apr 1940		17 Jul 2018	78		3	3
Clapper Loader	Alan McDonald	23	1938	01.01.1938		85		14	14
Constable	Peter Evans							3	3
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	40	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Props	Peter Allchorne	36	1925	01.01.1925		98		9	9
Special Effects Ast.	Ian Scoones	21	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Still Photog.	Tom Edwards				1999			26	26
Stunts	Jack Cooper	38	1923		2010	87	1	5	6

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Andrew, the Butler	Andrew Crawford	43	24 Oct 1917		18 Mar 1994	76	1		1
Beth Vanable	Barbara Shelley	29	13 Feb 1932		3 Jan 2021	88	8		8
Clara, the Maid	Freda Jackson	53	29 Dec 1907		20 Oct 1990	82	2		2
Edgar Venable	Richard Warner	49	24 May 1911		14 Jan 1989	77	3		3
Ella Venable	Catherine Lacey	56	6 May 1904		20 Sep 1979	75	3		3
Inspector Rowles	Alan Wheatley	54	19 Apr 1907		30 Aug 1991	84	4		4
Jacob Venable	William Lucas	36	14 Apr 1925		8 Jul 2016	91	3		3
Louise Venable	Vanda Godsell	38	17 Nov 1922		2 Apr 1990	67	3		3
Michael Latimer	Conrad Phillips	36	13 Apr 1925		13 Jan 2016	90	4		4
The Grandfather	Kynaston Reeves	67	29 May 1893		5 Dec 1971	78	2		2
Walter Venable	Andre Morell	51	20 Aug 1909		28 Nov 1978	69	9		9
Uncredited
Ambulance Man	George Doonan	66	22 Jan 1895		17 Apr 1973	78		1	1
Ambulance Man	Fred Stone	52	9 Jul 1908		8 Jul 1995	86		3	3
Cat	Bunkie							1	1
Constable Hamer	John Dearth	40	16 Oct 1920		17 Mar 1984	63		1	1
Dobbins	Charles Stanley							1	1
Father	Kevin Stoney	39	25 Jul 1921		20 Jan 2008	86	2	1	3
The Daughter	Angela Crow	25	13 Dec 1935		3 Mar 2022	86		2	2
The Doctor	Henry Kendall	63	28 May 1897		9 Jun 1962	65		1	1
The Mother	Vera Cook	48	19 Jun 1912		1 Jun 1996	83	3	2	5
The Son	Howard Knight	11	15 Apr 1950	15.04.1950		72		1	1
Workman	Rodney Burke	28	13 Jul 1932	13.07.1932		90		4	4

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