The Scarlet Blade – 1963

A Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Picture Corporation Limited and released through Warner – Pathe Distributors Ltd (UK) and Columbia Pictures (USA)
Copyright MCMLXIII Hammer Film Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein, with ttle exception of King Charles I, are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Technicolor 82 mins Hammerscope
Storyline
Opening title:- “1648: This is the story of a band of freemen who defied a tyrant.” During the English Civil War, the villainous Colonel Judd, once a Royalist, has changed sides and now vehemently supports Cromwell and his Ironsides. But his daughter, Clare, is still a staunch believer in the King and conspires against her father with the dashing, heroic figure known as The Scarlet Blade.



Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 34 | 1 Jan 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 26 | 14 | 40 | |
Ast. Director | Douglas Hermes | 40 | 28 Jun 1923 | 1981 | 57 | 6 | 6 | ||
Ast. Director | Hugh Harlow | 24 | 17 Jun 1939 | 83 | 3 | 28 | 31 | ||
Camera Operator | Cece Cooney | 56 | 11 Sep 1906 | Sep 1993 | 86 | 5 | 5 | ||
Continuity | Pauline Harlow (Wise) | 25 | 1 Jan 1938 | 85 | 11 | 3 | 14 | ||
Director | John Gilling | 51 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 | 21 | ||
Director of Photog. | Jack Asher BSc | 47 | 29 Mar 1916 | Apr 1991 | 75 | 14 | 14 | ||
Editor | John Dunsford | 36 | 11 Oct 1926 | 1995 | 68 | 5 | 5 | ||
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 | Gary Hughes | 41 | 21 Mar 1922 | 25 Apr 1978 | 56 | 5 | 5 | ||
Musical Supervisor | John Hollingsworth | 47 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 36 | 2 | 38 | |
Producer | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 51 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 51 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 | 3 | 49 | |
Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | 36 | 1927 | 2014 | 87 | 12 | 12 | ||
Screenplay | John Gilling | 51 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 | 21 | ||
Sound Editor | James Groom | 38 | 1 Jan 1925 | 17 May 2016 | 91 | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 45 | Jan 1918 | 1971 | 52 | 18 | 18 | ||
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 49 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 | 11 | 43 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 43 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Ast. Art Director | Kenneth Ryan | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Ast. Editor | Martyn K.E. Green | 19 | 1944 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ast. Make-up Artist | Richard Mills | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
Ast. Wardrobe | Gloria Barnes | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Boom Operator | Peter Pardo | 28 | 1935 | 14 Jun 2011 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Maintenance | John Kerley | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Chief Electrician | Jack Curtis | 3 | 23 | 26 | |||||
Clapper Loader | David Kelly | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Construction Manager | Arthur Banks | 18 | 29 | 47 | |||||
Electrician | Vic Hemmings | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Focus Puller | Michael Sarafian | 29 | 1934 | 89 | 1 | 1 | |||
Focus Puller | Peter Hurst | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Grip | Albert Cowlard | 40 | 1923 | 100 | 10 | 10 | |||
Master Carpenter | Charles Davis | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Master Painter | Lawrence Wren | 11 | 11 | ||||||
Master Plasterer | Stan Banks | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Production Secretary | Barbara Allen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Property Buyer | Eric Hillier | 43 | 1920 | 1975 | 55 | 16 | 16 | ||
Property Master | Tom Money | 46 | 1917 | 1974 | 56 | 2 | 20 | 22 | |
Publicity Director | Brian Doyle | 32 | 26 Nov 1930 | 23 Jan 2008 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sound Camera Operator | Alan Thorne | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Sound Maintenance | Charles Bouvet | 56 | 27 Oct 1906 | 1978 | 71 | 6 | 6 | ||
Sound Transfer Operator | Michael Sale | 8 | 8 | ||||||
Still Photog. | Tom Edwards | 1999 | 26 | 26 | |||||
Studio Manager | A.F. Kelly | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Stunts | Micky Baker | 2017 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Stunts | Peter Diamond | 34 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 23 | 27 | |
Third Ast. Director | Stephen Victor | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Molly Arbuthnot | 54 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 4 | 52 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Captain | John Harvey | 51 | 27 Sep 1911 | 19 Jul 1982 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
Clare Judd | June Thorburn | 32 | 8 Jun 1931 | 4 Nov 1967 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||
Colonel Judd | Lionel Jeffries | 37 | 10 Jun 1926 | 19 Feb 2010 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
Constance | Suzan Farmer | 21 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 4 | 4 | ||
Drury | Charles Houston | 32 | 1931 | 2006 | 75 | 5 | 5 | ||
Edward Beverley | Jack Hedley | 33 | 28 Oct 1929 | 11 Dec 2021 | 92 | 4 | 4 | ||
Jacob | Harold Goldblatt | 64 | 5 Jul 1899 | 22 Apr 1982 | 82 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lt Hawke | Michael Byrne | 19 | 7 Nov 1943 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |||
Major Bell | Duncan Lamont | 45 | 17 Jun 1918 | 19 Dec 1978 | 60 | 7 | 7 | ||
Pablo | Michael Ripper | 50 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Philip | Clifford Elkin | 28 | 30 Dec 1934 | 2012 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sylvester | Oliver Reed | 25 | 13 Feb 1938 | 2 May 1999 | 61 | 9 | 9 | ||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Beverley | John Stuart | 65 | 18 Jul 1898 | 17 Oct 1979 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Blake | Douglas Blackwell | 39 | 17 May 1924 | 17 Oct 2009 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Chaplain | Denis Holmes | 42 | 7 Jun 1921 | 27 May 2013 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cobb | Harry Towb | 38 | 27 Jul 1925 | 24 Jul 2009 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Duncannon | Eric Corrie | 39 | 6 Aug 1924 | 1999 | 74 | 2 | 2 | ||
Fitzroy | John H Watson | 40 | 17 Jul 1923 | 24 Dec 2000 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Gonzales | Leslie Glazer | 40 | 4 Mar 1923 | 28 May 1995 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
King Charles I | Robert Rietty | 40 | 8 Feb 1923 | 3 Apr 2015 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Lt. Wyatt | John Woodnutt | 39 | 3 Mar 1924 | 2 Jan 2006 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||
Man in Tavern | James Payne | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Roundhead Soldier | Bill Brandon | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Servant | Frank Schock | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Soldier | Anthony Lang | 2 Mar 1992 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Soldier | Fred Haggerty | 41 | 26 Sep 1921 | 26 Jul 2002 | 80 | 4 | 4 | ||
Soldier | Lou Morgan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Soldier / Servant / Officer | Peter Diamond | 34 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 23 | 27 | |
Town Crier | George Woodbridge | 56 | 16 Feb 1907 | 31 Mar 1973 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
Townsman | Ned Lynch | 54 | 1909 | 16 Jun 2000 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Villager | Wally Bosco | 83 | 31 Jan 1880 | 17 Apr 1973 | 93 | 1 | 1 | ||
Villager | Barbara Bennett | 1 | 1 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 1 March 1963 | |
UK RELEASE | 11 August 1963 | |
STUDIO | Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England | |
LOCATION | Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England | Forest |
Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, England | Interior: Beverley Manor |
Footnotes
This was actor Lionel Jeffries’ last film for Hammer, having already appeared in “The Quatermass Xperiment” (1955), “Further up the Creek” and “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (both 1958).
Suzan Farmer also turns up in Hammer’s “The Devil-Ship Pirates” (1963) Dracula – Prince of Darkness” and “Rasputin – the Mad Monk” (both 1966). She also played Boris Karloff’s daughter in “Monster of Terror” (1965).
Jack Hedley worked for Hammer again in “The Secret of Blood Island” (1965) and as one of Bette Davis’s sons in “The Anniversary” (1968).
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection