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 Credits | |
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 34 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 25 | |
Assistant Directors | Douglas Hermes | 39 | 28 Jun 1923 | 1981 | 58 | 6 | |
Assistant Directors | Hugh Harlow | 23 | 1 Jun 1939 | 82 | 3 | ||
Camera Operator | Cece Cooney | 56 | 11 Sep 1906 | 1 Sep 1993 | 86 | 5 | |
Continuity | Pauline Wise (Harlow) | 25 | 1938 | 84 | 11 | ||
Directed by | John Gilling | 50 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 | |
Director of Photography | Jack Asher, BSC | 46 | 29 Mar 1916 | 1 Apr 1991 | 75 | 14 | |
Editor | John Dunsford | 36 | 11 Oct 1926 | 1995 | 68 | 5 | |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 28 | |||||
Make-up Artist | Roy Ashton | 53 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | |
Music Composed by | Gary Hughes | 40 | 21 Mar 1922 | 25 Apr 1978 | 56 | 5 | |
Musical Supervisor | John Hollingsworth | 46 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 36 | |
Produced by | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 51 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 50 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 | |
Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | 12 | |||||
Screenplay by | John Gilling | 50 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 | |
Sound Editor | James Groom | 38 | 1925 | 17 May 2016 | 91 | 9 | |
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 45 | 1918 | 1971 | 53 | 18 | |
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 49 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 43 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 110 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances | |
Captain | John Harvey | 51 | 29 Sep 1911 | 19 Jul 1982 | 70 | 12 | |
Clare Judd | June Thorburn | 31 | 8 Jun 1931 | 4 Nov 1967 | 36 | 1 | |
Colonel Judd | Lionel Jeffries | 36 | 10 Jun 1926 | 19 Feb 2010 | 83 | 5 | |
Constance | Suzan Farmer | 20 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 4 | |
Drury | Charles Houston | 32 | 1931 | 2006 | 75 | 5 | |
Edward Beverley | Jack Hedley | 32 | 28 Oct 1929 | 11 Dec 2021 | 92 | 4 | |
Jacob | Harold Goldblatt | 63 | 5 Jul 1899 | 22 Apr 1982 | 82 | 2 | |
Lt Hawke | Michael Byrne | 19 | 7 Nov 1943 | 78 | 1 | ||
Major Bell | Duncan Lamont | 44 | 17 Jun 1918 | 19 Dec 1978 | 60 | 7 | |
Pablo | Michael Ripper | 49 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | |
Philip | Clifford Elkin | 28 | 1935 | 2012 | 77 | 1 | |
Sylvester | Oliver Reed | 24 | 13 Feb 1938 | 2 May 1999 | 61 | 9 |
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