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	17.02.1938		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