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	17.06.1939		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	01.01.1938		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	01.01.1944		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	01.01.1934		89		1	1
Focus Puller	Peter Hurst							1	1
Grip	Albert Cowlard	40	1923	01.01.1923		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	07.11.1943		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