The Gorgon – 1964

A Hammer film Production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLXIV Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

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
Eastmancolour by Pathe 83 mins

Storyline

Opening title:- “Overshadowing the village of Vandorf stands the Castle Borski. From the turn of the century a monster from an ancient age of history came to live here. No living thing survived and the spectre of death hovered in waiting for her next victim.”When his son Bruno is killed in mysterious circumstances, Professor Heitz travels to Vandorf hoping to find out the truth; but instead he is greeted by a conspiracy of silence involving Dr Namaroff, the top medical man there, and the police. The superstitious, frightened villagers try to make him leave but he refuses, determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Then one night he is lured by a siren-like voice to the Castle Borski, where he stares straight into the eyes of the Gorgon. Instantly, he begins to turn to stone…..

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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	Bert Batt	34	25 Apr 1930		6 Nov 2011	81	13		13
Based on an original story by	J. Llewellyn Devine						1		1
Camera Operator	Cece Cooney	58	11 Sep 1906		Sep 1993	86	5		5
Continuity	Pauline Harlow (Wise)	26	1 Jan 1938	01.01.1938		84	11	3	14
Director	Terence Fisher	60	23 Feb 1904		18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photog.	Michael Reed	35	7 Jul 1929		15 Dec 2022	93	5	2	7
Editor	Eric Boyd-Perkins	47	1 Jan 1917		4 Dec 2014	97	10		10
Fight Arranger	Peter Diamond	35	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	23	27
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	60	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	55	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composer	James Bernard	39	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	24	1	25
Musical Supervisor	Marcus Dods	46	19 Apr 1918		30 Apr 1984	66	4		4
Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	52	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	41		41
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	52	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	59	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	John Gilling	52	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21		21
Sound Editor	Roy Hyde	44	15 Feb 1920		28 Jun 1985	65	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Ken Rawkins	46	Jan 1918		1971	52	18		18
Special Effects	Sid Pearson						9	1	10
Supervising Editor	James Needs	45	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Uncredited
Accountant	Ken Gordon						1	7	8
Ast. Editor	David Nimmo	34	8 Oct 1930		1975	44		1	1
Camera Grip	Albert Cowlard	41	1923	01.01.1923		99		10	10
Chief Accountant	W.H.V. Able	69	1895		1975	79		4	4
Chief Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Clapper Loader	Anthony B. Richmond	22	7 Jul 1942	07.07.1942		80		3	3
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Draughtsman	Kenneth Ryan							6	6
Focus Puller	John Shinerock	31	1933	01.01.1933		89		1	1
Make-up	Richard Mills						3	4	7
Master Painter	Lawrence Wren							11	11
Master Plasterer	Stan Banks							5	5
Musical Director	James Bernard	39	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	24	1	25
Production Secretary	Maureen White	34	1930	01.01.1930		92		5	5
Property Master	Tom Money	47	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Props Buyer	Eric Hillier	44	1920		1975	55		16	16
Publicity Director	Dennison Thornton	55	23 Aug 1909		1977	67		9	9
Scenic Artist	Burt Evans							3	3
Second Ast. Director	Hugh Harlow	25	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		83	3	28	31
Sound Ast.	Roy Mingaye	33	1 Jan 1931		21 Dec 2017	86		4	4
Sound Ast.	Alan Thorne							7	7
Sound Ast.	Tom Buchanan							3	3
Sound Camera Operator	Michael Sale							8	8
Still Photog.	Tom Edwards				1999			26	26
Studio Manager	Arthur Kelly							3	3
Third Ast. Director	Stephen Victor							3	3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Bruno Heitz	Jeremy Longhurst	33	26 Jun 1931		18 Feb 2001	69	4		4
Carla Hoffmann	Barbara Shelley	32	13 Feb 1932		3 Jan 2021	88	8		8
Constable	Michael Peake	46	13 Oct 1918		1 Apr 1967	48	2	3	5
Coronor	Joseph O'Conor	54	14 Feb 1910		21 Jan 2001	90	2		2
Hans	Redmond Philips	52	5 Jun 1912		3 Nov 1993	81	1		1
Janus Cass	Alister Williamson	46	17 Jun 1918		19 May 1999	80	3	1	4
Kanof	Patrick Troughton	44	25 Mar 1920		28 Mar 1987	67	5		5
Mad Martha	Joyce Hemson	43	9 May 1921		16 Sep 1996	75	2		2
Megeira	Prudence Hyman	50	2 Feb 1914		1 Jun 1995	81	1	3	4
Namaroff	Peter Cushing	51	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	24	1	25
Paul Heitz	Richard Pasco	38	18 Jul 1926		12 Nov 2014	88	4		4
Professor Heitz	Michael Goodliffe	50	1 Oct 1914		20 Mar 1976	61	5		5
Professor Meister	Christopher Lee	42	27 May 1922		7 Jun 2015	93	22		22
Ratoff	Jack Watson	49	14 May 1915		4 Jul 1999	84	1		1
Sascha Cass	Toni Gilpin	29	1 Jan 1935		25 Oct 2016	81	1		1
Uncredited
Angry Man	Arthur Howell	44	5 Jan 1920		Aug 2003	83		5	5
Angry Man	Bill Sawyer	40	18 Jul 1924		1996	72	2	3	5
Angry Mob	Jim O'Brady	57	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83		18	18
Asylum Worker	Vic Chapman							2	2
Constable	Fred Haggerty	43	26 Sep 1921		26 Jul 2002	80		4	4
Inquest Jury Member	Peter Evans							3	3
Juryman	Bob Wright	54	3 Jun 1910		13 May 1990	79		1	1
Juryman	Fred Stroud							3	3
Man Warning Mob of Police	Patrick Halpin	63	4 Mar 1901		21 May 1971	70		5	5
Nurse	Sally Nesbitt	26	1 Oct 1938	01.10.1938		84		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	9 December 1963
UK RELEASE	18 October 1964
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Barbara Shelley had already appeared in horror films, such as “Cat Girl” (1957) and “Blood of the Vampire” (1958, written by Jimmy Sangster). For Hammer, she also made “The Secret of Blood Island” (1965), “Dracula – Prince of Darkness” (1966), “Rasputin – the Mad Monk” (1966) and “Quatermass and the Pit” (1967):

This was the second time in his career that actor Michael Goodliffe played a statue. In “Up the Creek” (1958), he played the statue of Nelson on top of his famous column in Trafalgar Square!

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