The Damned – 1963

A Hammer production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLXI Swallow Productions Ltd. – All right, reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

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

RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Black & White 86 mins Hammerscope

Storyline

American Simon Wells, on holiday in Weymouth, is set upon and beaten up by a motorbike gang led by the psychotic King. Later, Wells puts out to sea, taking with him King’s sister, Joan. Pursued by King and the gang, they take refuge in an isolated cove, where they stumble upon a top secret establishment in which radioactive children are being raised to safeguard the future of the human race after a nuclear holocaust.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	51	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	41		41
Ast. Director	John Peverall	32	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Based on The Children of Light	H.L. Lawrence	55	22 Apr 1908		Jun 1990	82	1		1
Camera Operator	Anthony Heller						1		1
Casting	Stuart Lyons	35	1 Jan 1928		23 Feb 1998	70	8		8
Continuity	Pamela Davies				5 Jan 1986		1		1
Director	Joseph Losey	54	14 Jan 1909		22 Jun 1984	75	2	1	3
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	48	1915		1972	56	30		30
Editor	Reginald Mills	50	15 Jul 1912		Jul 1990	77	1	1	2
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	35	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	59	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	54	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composer	James Bernard	37	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	24	1	25
Musical Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	47	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Producer	Anthony Hinds	40	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Don Weeks	58	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Evan Jones	35	29 Dec 1927		31 Jul 2012	84	1		1
Sound Editor	Malcolm Cooke	33	22 Jun 1929		2 Dec 2008	79	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	58	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Wardrobe Supervisor	Molly Arbuthnot	54	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Art Direction	Don Mingaye	34	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Clapper Loader	Alan McDonald	25	1938	01.01.1938		85		14	14
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Continuity	Tilly Day	60	1903		1994	91	13	1	14
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	42	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	48	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	13	14	27
Master Carpenter	Charles Davis							8	8
Master Painter	Lawrence Wren							11	11
Master Plasterer	Stan Banks							5	5
Master Rigger	Ronald Lenoir	39	1924		1998	74		4	4
Production Design	Bernard Robinson	50	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Layout	Richard Macdonald	43	1 Jun 1919		29 May 1993	73		1	1
Property Master	Tom Money	46	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Props Buyer	Eric Hillier	43	1920		1975	55		16	16
Sculpter	Elizabeth Frink	32	14 Nov 1930		18 Apr 1993	62		1	1
Second Ast. Director	Dominic Fulford	43	19 Aug 1919		23 Apr 2007	87	1	5	6
Special Effects	Les Bowie	49	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Special Effects Ast.	Kit West	26	2 Jun 1936		16 Apr 2016	79	1	6	7
Special Effects Ast.	Ian Scoones	23	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Special Effects Ast.	Terry Schubert	25	1938	01.01.1938		85		6	6
Stunts	Jack Cooper	40	1923		2010	87	1	5	6
Supervising Editor	James Needs	43	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Anne	Rebecca Dignam						1		1
Bernard	Alexander Knox	56	16 Jan 1907		25 Apr 1995	88	1		1
Captain Gregory	James Villiers	29	29 Sep 1933		18 Jan 1998	64	3		3
Charles	John Thompson						1		1
Elizabeth	Caroline Sheldon	13	1 Jan 1950	01.01.1950		73	1		1
Freya Nielson	Viveca Lindfors	42	29 Dec 1920		25 Oct 1995	74	1		1
George	David Palmer	14	1 Jan 1949	01.01.1949		74	1		1
Henry	Kit Williams						1		1
Joan	Shirley Ann Field	24	27 Jun 1938	27.06.1938		84	1		1
King	Oliver Reed	25	13 Feb 1938		2 May 1999	61	9		9
Major Holland	Walter Gotell	39	15 Mar 1924		5 May 1997	73	1	1	2
Mary	Siobhan Taylor	13	1 Jan 1950	01.01.1950		73	1		1
Miss Lamont	Barbara Everest	79	9 Jun 1883		9 Feb 1968	84	1		1
Mr Dingle	Brian Oulton	55	11 Feb 1908		13 Apr 1992	84	3		3
Mr Stuart	Alan McClelland	45	31 Dec 1917		24 Jan 1989	71	1		1
Mr Talbot	James Maxwell	34	23 Mar 1929		18 Aug 1995	66	2		2
Richard	Nicholas Clay	16	18 Sep 1946		25 May 2000	0	1		1
Sid	Kenneth Cope	32	14 Apr 1931	14.04.1931		91	2		2
Simon Wells	Macdonald Carey	50	15 Mar 1913		21 Mar 1994	81	1		1
Ted	Thomas Kempinski	25	24 Mar 1938	24.03.1938		84	1		1
Victoria	Rachel Clay	13	1 Jan 1950	01.01.1950		73	1		1
William	Christopher Witty	12	26 May 1950	26.05.1950		72	1		1
Uncredited
Control Room Guard	Fiona Duncan	24	1 Dec 1938	01.12.1938		84		1	1
Doctor	Edward Harvey	67	4 Jul 1895		5 Aug 1975	80		1	1
Guard	Neil Wilson	46	24 Jun 1916		24 Jan 1975	58		1	1
Teddy Boy	Anthony Valentine	23	17 Aug 1939		2 Dec 2015	76	2	1	3
Teddy Boy	Larry Martyn	29	22 Mar 1934		7 Aug 1994	60		1	1
Teddy Boy	David Gregory	28	14 Mar 1935	14.03.1935		87		2	2
Teddy Boy	Geremy Phillips	24	25 Oct 1938	25.10.1938		84	1	2	3
Teddy Boy	Leon Garcia							1	1
With	Tommy Trinder	54	24 Mar 1909		10 Jul 1989	80		1	1
With	Victor Gorf							1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	7 May 1961
UK RELEASE	20 May 1963
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Portland Bill, Dorset, England
	Weymouth, Dorset, England
	Chesil Beach, Dorset, England

Footnotes

From the novel “The Children of the Light” by H.L.Lawrence.

This highly off-beat production proved something of a headache and it was two years before it came down off the shelf and was released in an unsuccessful double bill with Hammer’s “Maniac” (1963).

There is no credit for Production Designer on the film, but sources name Bernard Robinson as the most likely candidate for the job.

English comedian, Tommy Trinder, has an uncredited appearance here.

Also uncredited as a Teddy Boy is actor Anthony Valentine in an early appearance.

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