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 Credits |
Additional Dialogue | Barbara S. Harper | 1 | ||||
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 33 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 25 |
Assistant Director | John Peverall | 31 | 1931 | 3 Oct 2009 | 78 | 21 |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 45 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 |
Continuity | Tilly Day | 59 | 1 Jan 1903 | 1 Jan 1994 | 91 | 12 |
Directed by | Peter Graham Scott | 38 | 27 Oct 1923 | 5 Aug 2007 | 83 | 1 |
Director of Photography | Arthur Grant, BSc | 47 | 1915 | 1972 | 57 | 30 |
Editor | Eric Boyd-Perkins | 45 | 1917 | 4 Dec 2014 | 97 | 10 |
Fight sequences supervised by | Bob Simmons | 39 | 31 Mar 1922 | 21 Oct 1987 | 65 | 2 |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 28 | ||||
Make-up Artist | Roy Ashton | 52 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 |
Music Composed by | Don Banks | 38 | 25 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 9 |
Musical Director | Philip Martell | 54 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 |
Produced by | John Temple-Smith | 38 | 18 Nov 1923 | 2010 | 86 | 3 |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 49 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 |
Production Manager | Don Weeks | 57 | 15 Nov 1904 | 1 Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 |
Screenplay by | John Elder (Anthony Hinds) | 39 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
Sound Editor | Terry Poulton | 32 | 1930 | 1993 | 63 | 16 |
Sound Recordist | Jock May | 57 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 30 |
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 48 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 42 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 110 |
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | ||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Molly Arbuthnot | 53 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances | |
1st Sailor | Peter Halliday | 37 | 2 Jun 1924 | 18 Feb 2012 | 87 | 1 | |
2nd Sailor | Terry Scully | 29 | 13 May 1932 | 17 Apr 2001 | 68 | 1 | |
Bosun | David Lodge | 40 | 19 Aug 1921 | 18 Oct 2003 | 82 | 10 | |
Captain Collier | Patrick Allen | 34 | 17 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2006 | 79 | 4 | |
Dr Blyss, alias Captain Clegg | Peter Cushing | 48 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 24 | |
Frightened Man | Jack Macgowran | 43 | 13 Oct 1918 | 30 Jan 1973 | 54 | 1 | |
Gerry | Rupert Osborn | 1 | |||||
Harry | Oliver Reed | 23 | 13 Feb 1938 | 2 May 1999 | 61 | 9 | |
Imogene | Yvonne Romain | 23 | 17 Feb 1938 | 83 | 3 | ||
Mipps | Michael Ripper | 48 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | |
Mrs Rash | Daphne Anderson | 39 | 27 Apr 1922 | 15 Jan 2013 | 90 | 3 | |
Mulatto | Milton Reid | 44 | 29 Apr 1917 | 1987 | 69 | 1 | |
Peg-Leg | Bob Head | 1 | |||||
Pirate Bosun | Colin Douglas | 49 | 28 Jul 1912 | 21 Dec 1991 | 79 | 1 | |
Rash | Martin Benson | 43 | 10 Aug 1918 | 28 Feb 2010 | 91 | 4 | |
Squire | Derek Francis | 38 | 7 Nov 1923 | 27 Mar 1984 | 60 | 3 | |
Tom Ketch | Sydney Bromley | 52 | 24 Jul 1909 | 14 Aug 1987 | 78 | 5 | |
Wurzel | Gordon Rollings | 35 | 17 Apr 1926 | 7 Jun 1985 | 59 | 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).
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection