Paranoiac – 1964

A Hammer film production released by Universal International
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The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein 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
Black & White 80 mins – Cinemascope

Storyline

Simon and Eleanor Ashby attend a memorial service with their Aunt Harriet. It’s 11 years after the tragic death of their parents, and 8 years since their brother, Anthony, committed suicide. In three weeks time they will inherit the family fortune. But, what’s happening to Eleanor – she keeps seeing her dead brother. Is Simon plotting to drive her insane and inherit the lot himself, or has Anthony really returned from the dead!!!!

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Don Mingaye	35	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Ast. Director	Ross MacKenzie						3		3
Ast. Producer	Basil Keys	47	1917		2009	92	4	1	5
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	46	13 Nov 1917		17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Continuity	Pauline Harlow (Wise)	26	1 Jan 1938	01.01.1938		85	11	3	14
Director	Freddie Francis	46	22 Dec 1917		17 Mar 2007	89	6		6
Director of Photog.	Bernard Robinson	51	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	60	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	Elisabeth Lutyens	57	9 Jul 1906		14 Apr 1983	76	2		2
Musical Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	47	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Producer	Anthony Hinds	41	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	John Draper						2	1	3
Property Master	Tom Money	47	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Screenplay	Jimmy Sangster	36	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Sound Editor	James Groom	39	1 Jan 1925		17 May 2016	91	13	3	16
Sound Recordist	Ken Rawkins	46	Jan 1918		1971	52	18		18
Special Effects	Les Bowie	50	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Supervising Editor	James Needs	44	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Wardrobe Supervisor	Molly Arbuthnot	55	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Ast. Editor	Alan Willis	27	12 Jan 1937		25 Apr 2015	78		2	2
Ast. Makeup Artist	Richard Mills						3	4	7
Boom Ast.	Roy Mingaye	33	1 Jan 1931		21 Dec 2017	86		4	4
Chief Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
First Ast. Editor	Chris Barnes	26	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Prop Buyer	Eric Hillier	44	1920		1975	55		16	16
Publicity Director	Brian Doyle	33	26 Nov 1930		23 Jan 2008	77		2	2
Scenic Artist	Burt Evans							3	3
Second Ast. Director	Joe Marks	34	6 Feb 1929		20 Oct 2019	90		6	6
Sound Camera Operator	Alan Lavender	22	30 Sep 1941	30.09.1941		81		3	3
Sound Maintenance	Charles Bouvet	57	27 Oct 1906		1978	71		6	6
Special Effects	Kit West	27	2 Jun 1936		16 Apr 2016	79	1	6	7
Still Photog.	Curtis Reeks							1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Woman	Laurie Leigh	31	16 Sep 1932	16.09.1932		90	1		1
2nd Woman	Marianne Stone	41	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9	2	11
Anthony	Alexander Davion	34	31 Mar 1929		28 Sep 2019	90	2		2
Aunt Harriet	Sheala Burrell	41	9 May 1922		19 Jul 2011	89	5		5
Eleanor Ashby	Janette Scott	25	14 Dec 1938	14.12.1938		83	2		2
Francoise	Liliane Brousse	27	27 Sep 1936	27.09.1936		86	2		2
John Kossett	Maurice Denham	54	23 Dec 1909		24 Jul 2002	92	4		4
Keith Kossett	John Bonney	30	15 Nov 1933		Jun 1993	59	1	1	2
RAF Type	Harold Lang	41	1 Jan 1923		16 Nov 1970	47	8	1	9
Sailor	Jack Taylor						2		2
Simon Ashby	Oliver Reed	25	13 Feb 1938		2 May 1999	61	9		9
Tramp	Sydney Bromley	54	24 Jul 1909		14 Aug 1987	78	5		5
Vicar	Colin Tapley	54	7 May 1909		1 Dec 1995	86	3		3
Williams	John Stuart	65	18 Jul 1898		17 Oct 1979	81	7	1	8

Production


FILMING BEGAN	23 July 1962
UK RELEASE	26 January 1964
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England

Footnotes

The source of this story was Josephine Tey’s horse racing drama Brat Farrar, and it had been on Hammer’s roster for about ten years. Sangster’s final screenplay was so different from the original story that the Hammer board of directors debated whether or not they should apply for an extension to their screen rights in the novel!!

Released alongside “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1964), this was Freddie Francis’ first film for Hammer as Director. He won two Oscars during his career for the Cinematography in “Sons and Lovers” (1960) and “Glory” (1989). He went on to make, amongst others “The Skull” and “Dr Terrors House of Horrors” (both 1965) for Tyburn – a film company formed by his son Kevin.

As well as playing Cecily Femm in Hammer’s “The Old Dark House” (1963), Jeanette Scott also starred as Karen Goodwin in “The Day of the Triffids” (1962).

Maurice Denham appeared later as the judge who sent Ronnie Barker’s Fletcher down in the BBC TV sitcom “Porridge”.

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