Hysteria – 1965

A Hammer film production released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Copyright MCMLXIV Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No.20701

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

Westrex Recording System
Produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Elstree, England
Black and White 85 mins

Storyline

American Chris Smith wakes up in a clinic with amnesia after being injured in a car crash. He is discharged and moves into a London flat which, like his medical treatment, has been paid for by an anonymous benefactor. While there,he meets the beautiful but enigmatic Denise and soon finds himself at the heart of a complicated and deadly murder plot.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Basil Rayburn	40	14 Dec 1924	2006	81	1		1
Camera Operator	David Harcourt	49	27 Sep 1915	5 May 2013	97	3	1	4
Continuity	Yvonne Axworthy	39	1926	1991	64	1		1
Director	Freddie Francis	47	22 Dec 1917	17 Mar 2007	89	6		6
Director of Photog.	John Wilcox BSc	60	7 May 1905	31 May 1979	74	6	1	7
Hair Stylist	Alice Holmes					1		1
Make-up	Alec Garfath	50	17 Jun 1915	1971	55	2		2
Music Composer	Don Banks	41	25 Oct 1923	5 Sep 1980	56	9		9
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	57	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Jimmy Sangster	37	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Production Designer	Edward Carrick	60	3 Jan 1905	21 Jan 1998	93	3		3
Production Manager	Don Weeks	60	15 Nov 1904	Mar 1988	83	30		30
Sound Editor	Roy Hyde	45	15 Feb 1920	28 Jun 1985	65	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Cyril Swern	44	27 Jan 1921	Dec 1987	66	2		2
Supervising Editor	James Needs	45	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Maude Churchill					2		2
Writer	Jimmy Sangster	37	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Allen's Secretary	Marianne Stone	42	23 Aug 1922	21 Dec 2009	87	9	2	11
Chris Smith	Robert Webber	40	14 Oct 1924	19 May 1989	64	1		1
Denise	Lelia Goldoni	28	1 Oct 1936	22 Jul 2023	86	1		1
Dr Keller	Anthony Newlands	40	31 Jan 1925	6 Oct 1995	70	1		1
Driver	John Arnatt	48	9 May 1917	21 Dec 1999	82	3	1	4
English Girl	Sandra Boize					1		1
French Girl	Sue Lloyd	25	7 Aug 1939	20 Oct 2011	72	3		3
Gina	Jennifer Jayne	33	14 Nov 1931	23 Apr 2006	74	2		2
Hemmings	Maurice Denham	55	23 Dec 1909	24 Jul 2002	92	4		4
Husband	Kiwi Kingston	51	1914	1992	77	2		2
Marcus Allen	Peter Woodthorpe	33	25 Sep 1931	12 Aug 2004	72	2		2
Mrs Keller	Irene Richmond	53	15 Nov 1911	24 May 2009	97	2		2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	10 February 1964
UK RELEASE	27 June 1965
STUDIO	MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
LOCATION	Kew Green, Richmond, London, England
	York House, Wembley, London, England
	Twickenham Bridge, Richmond, London, England

Footnotes

American actor Robert Webber was not a sufficiently high-power name to spark much box-office interest in this unsuccessful addition to Hammer’s catalogue of psychological thrillers.

Composer Don Banks was used occasionally by Hammer as an alternative to James Bernard. His other musical contributions for them are to “Captain Clegg” (1962), “Nightmare” (1963), “The Evil of Frankenstein” (1964), “The Brigand of Kandahar” (1965), “Rasputin – the Mad Monk” (1966), “The Reptile” (1966) and “The Mummy’s Shroud” (1966). On one occasion, the two men both provided music for the same film – Amicus’s “Torture Garden” (1967).

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