The Kiss of the Vampire – 1964

A Hammer Film production released by Universal Pictures
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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 88 mins

Storyline

1910, Bavaria: When the car of honeymooners Gerald and Marianne Harcourt runs out of petrol deep in a forest, they seek shelter in a, nearby inn, where the only other guest is the sombre Professor Zimmer. Then an invitation arrives asking the young couple to have dinner in the local castle with the outwardly affable and hospitable Dr Ravna and his family. But, within the castle walls, all is not as it seems…..

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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	Douglas Hermes	41	28 Jun 1923		1 Jan 1981	57	6		6
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	Don Sharp	43	19 Apr 1921		14 Dec 2011	90	4		4
Director of Photog.	Alan Hume	40	16 Oct 1924		13 Jul 2010	85	1		1
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	John Hollingsworth	48	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Producer	Anthony Hinds	42	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	52	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	59	15 Nov 1904		1 Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Anthony Hinds	42	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
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	45	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. Art Director	Kenneth Ryan							6	6
Ast. Make-up Artist	Reginald Mills	52	15 Jul 1912		Jul 1990	77	1	1	2
Boom Operator	Ken Nightingall	35	21 Apr 1929		19 May 2020	91		1	1
Chief Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Choreographer	Leslie Edwards	48	6 Aug 1916		8 Feb 2001	84		1	1
Construction Manager	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Focus Puller	David Osborne							1	1
Grip	Albert Cowlard	41	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
Master Rigger	Ronald Lenoir	40	1924		1998	74		4	4
Matte Painter	Elizabeth Redstone	22	1942	01.01.1942		81		1	1
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
Second Ast. Director	Joe Marks	35	6 Feb 1929		20 Oct 2019	90		6	6
Second Ast. Director	Hugh Harlow	25	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		84	3	28	31
Special Effects Ast.	Ray Caple	26	5 Jan 1938		1993	54		6	6
Special Effects Ast.	Kit West	28	2 Jun 1936		16 Apr 2016	79	1	6	7
Special Effects Ast.	Ian Scoones	24	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Special Effects Ast.	Brian Johnson	25	29 Jun 1939	29.06.1939		84	3	7	10
Stunts	Peter Diamond	35	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	23	27

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Anna	Vera Cook	52	19 Jun 1912		1 Jun 1996	83	3	2	5
Bruno	Peter Madden	60	9 Aug 1904		24 Feb 1976	71	6		6
Carl	Barry Warren	31	12 Jul 1933		22 Feb 1994	60	3		3
Dr Ravna	Noel Willman	46	4 Aug 1918		24 Dec 1988	70	3		3
Father Xavier	Noel Howlett	61	22 Dec 1902		26 Oct 1984	81	3		3
Gerald Harcourt	Edward De Souza	32	4 Sep 1932	04.09.1932		90	2		2
Inspector	John Harvey	53	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	12	1	13
Marianne Harcourt	Jennifer Daniel	28	23 May 1936		16 Aug 2017	81	2		2
Professor Zimmer	Clifford Evans	52	17 Feb 1912		9 Jun 1985	73	2		2
Sabena	Jacquie Wallis	22	1 Jan 1942	01.01.1942		81	1		1
Tania	Isobel Black	21	15 Dec 1942	15.12.1942		80	2		2
Vampire	Brian Oulton	56	11 Feb 1908		13 Apr 1992	84	3		3
Uncredited
2nd Disciple	Elizabeth Valentine							1	1
Dancer at Party	Leslie Edwards	48	6 Aug 1916		8 Feb 2001	84		1	1
First Disciple	Dolly Read	20	13 Sep 1944	13.09.1944		78		1	1
Funeral Mourner	Jack Sharp							4	4
Gravedigger	Fred Wood	42	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81		19	19
Mourner	Harry Phipps	53	1911					3	3
Mourner	Jimmy Charters							7	7
Pallbearer . Mourner	Ernie Rice	67	17 Nov 1896		1979	93		7	7
Pallbearer . Mourner	Bill Rayment							2	2
Party Servant	Alf Casha	65	26 Feb 1899		Mar 1979	80		4	4
Second Woman at Funeral	Sheala Raynor	58	15 Mar 1906		17 Feb 1998	91	2		2
Servant	Stan Simmons	37	1 Sep 1927		11 Jan 2000	72		2	2
Vampire Disciple	Sidney Gross							1	1
With	Horst Ebersberg	29	8 May 1935	08.05.1935		87		1	1
Woman at Graveyard	Olga Dickie	64	28 Aug 1900		7 Mar 1992	91	1	2	3

Production


FILMING BEGAN	7 September 1962
UK RELEASE	26 January 1964
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England	Forest scenes

Footnotes

Noel Willman and Jennifer Daniel crossed swords again in Hammer’s “The Reptile” (1966). Willman’s other appearance for them was in “The Vengeance of She” (1968).

The climax of this film, in which a swarm of bats attacks the castle and the vampires, appears to have originally been intended for “The Brides of Dracula” (1960), but the burning windmill finale was substituted there for budgetary reasons.

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