Captain Clegg – 1962

A Hammer-Major production released by Universal Pictures
Copyright MCMLXII by Universal Pictures Company Inc. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 20200

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the names, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios, England
Processed by Humphries Laboratories
Print by Technicolor 82 mins

Storyline

Opening title:- “1792 – The Romney Marshes – flat and desolate – was the land of a proud and independent people. Their shores faced the shores of France – and many was the shipload of wine and brandy smuggled across the sea in defiance of the king’s revenue men. Many legends have come from this corner of England – but none so widely believed or widely feared – as the legend of the Marsh Phantoms – who rode the land on dark misty nights – and struck fear into the hearts of all who crossed their paths…..”
Captain Collier and his men arrive in the village of Dymchurch following a tip-off that the place is a hive of smuggling activity, but the villagers have been forewarned of their approach and they find nothing. The village has all the outward appearance of rural respectability and at its heart is the affable, ever-gracious figure of the local rector, Dr. Blyss.
In the tiny churchyard is the grave of Captain Clegg, a notorious pirate hanged for his crimes. But Collier’s suspicions are aroused further when a mulatto, whose tongue was cut out by Clegg, reacts violently on seeing the familiar features of the rector….

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Additional Dialogue	Barbara S Harper	50	12 May 1912		21 Dec 1974	62	1		1
Art Director	Don Mingaye	33	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Ast. Director	John Peverall	31	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Camera Operator	Len Harris	46	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Tilly Day	59	1903		1994	91	13	1	14
Director	Peter Graham Scott	38	27 Oct 1923		5 Aug 2007	83	1		1
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	47	1915		1972	56	30		30
Editor	Eric Boyd-Perkins	45	1 Jan 1917		4 Dec 2014	97	10		10
Fight sequences supervisor	Bob Simmons	40	31 Mar 1922		21 Oct 1987	65	2	1	3
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	58	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	53	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composer	Don Banks	38	25 Oct 1923		5 Sep 1980	56	9		9
Musical Director	Philip Martell	54	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	John Temple-Smith	38	18 Nov 1923		20101	86	3		3
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	49	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	57	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Anthony Hinds	39	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Sound Editor	Terry Poulton	32	1930		1993	63	16	1	17
Sound Recordist	Jock May	57	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Special Effects	Les Bowie	48	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Supervising Editor	James Needs	42	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Wardrobe Supervisor	Molly Arbuthnot	53	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Ast. Editor	Chris Barnes	24	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Chief Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	41	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Master Painter	Lawrence Wren							11	11
Matte Painter	Ray Caple	24	5 Jan 1938		1993	54		6	6
Publicity Director	Dennison Thornton	52	23 Aug 1909		1977	67		9	9
Second Ast. Director	Peter Madak	24	23 Dec 1937	23.12.1937		85		1	1
Special Effects	Terry Schubert	24	1938	01.01.1938		85		6	6
Special Effects	Jack Wallis							1	1
Special Effects Ast.	Kit West	26	2 Jun 1936		16 Apr 2016	79	1	6	7
Special Effects Ast.	Ian Scoones	22	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Special Effects Ast.	Brian Johnson	22	29 Jun 1939	29.06.1939		84	3	7	10
Still Photog.	Tom Edwards				1999			26	26

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Sailor	Peter Halliday	38	2 Jun 1924		18 Feb 2012	87	1		1
2nd Sailor	Terry Scully	30	13 May 1932		17 Apr 2001	68	1		1
Bosun	David Lodge	40	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10		10
Captain Collier	Patrick Allen	35	17 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	4	2	6
Dr Blyss, alias Captain Clegg	Peter Cushing	49	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	24	1	25
Frightened Man	Jack MacGowran	43	13 Oct 1918		30 Jan 1973	54	1		1
Gerry	Rupert Osborn						1		1
Harry	Oliver Reed	24	13 Feb 1938		2 May 1999	61	9		9
Imogene	Yvonne Romain	24	17 Feb 1938	17.02.1938		85	3		3
Mipps	Michael Ripper	49	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Mrs Rash	Daphne Anderson	40	27 Apr 1922		15 Jan 2013	90	3		3
Mulatto	Milton Reid	45	29 Apr 1917		1987	69	1	3	4
Peg-Leg	Bob Head						1		1
Pirate Bosun	Colin Douglas	49	28 Jul 1912		21 Dec 1991	79	1		1
Rash	Martin Benson	43	10 Aug 1918		28 Feb 2010	91	4		4
Squire	Derek Francis	38	7 Nov 1923		27 Mar 1984	60	3		3
Tom Ketch	Sydney Bromley	52	24 Jul 1909		14 Aug 1987	78	5		5
Wurzel	Gordon Rollings	36	17 Apr 1926		7 Jun 1985	59	1	1	2
Uncredited
Churchgoer	Jack Sharp							4	4
Fiddler	Harold Gee							1	1
Girl at Inn	Kate O'Mara	22	10 Aug 1939		30 Mar 2014	74	2	1	3
Parishoner	Fred Wood	40	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81		19	19
Sailor	Bill Brandon							5	5
Stunts	Paddy Hayes							1	1
Tattooed Sailor	Gerry Crampton	32	28 Apr 1930		24 Jan 2009	78		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	21 November 1961
UK RELEASE	25 June 1962
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	St Mary the Virgin, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England	Scenes in churchyard
	Denham, Buckinghamshire, England
	Ibstone windmill, Turville, Buckinghamshire, England	Village windmill
	All Saints Church, Oakley Green Road, Bray, Berkshire, England	Long shots of church; scenes on top of church tower

Footnotes

Curiously, this was one of two films of the same story which both appeared in 1962, the other being Walt Disney’s “Dr Syn, alias the Scarecrow”, starring Patrick McGoohan and directed by James Neilson.

Yvonne Romain also appeared in Hammer’s “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961) and “The Brigand of Kandahar” (1965).

John Temple-Smith worked for Hammer again as producer of “The Viking Queen” (1966).

Uncredited Kate O’Mara went on to appear in Hammer’s “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “The Vampire Lovers”.

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