The Viking Queen – 1967

A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Wamer-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMlXVl 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 System
Filmed at Ardmore Studios Ireland, and on location in County Wicklow, Ireland
Technicolor 91 mins
Storyline
Roman Britain. Opening title:- “This was a land where druid priests held sway over peoples minds and prophesied that one day a woman would wear armour and wield a sword against the Romans. A woman who would be called – The Viking Queen”. On his deathbed, old King Priam names his daughter, Salina, as his successor. She is a peace-loving young woman who tries to keep all sides – Druids and Romans alike – happy, at the same time falling in love with the Roman commander Justinian. But, circumstances soon dictate that she must take sides against the man she loves.
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Assistant Director | Dennis Bertera | 49 | 1918 | 1997 | 79 | 3 |
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 51 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 3 |
Continuity | Ann Skinner | 29 | 1 Feb 1937 | Living | 84 | 1 |
Costume Designer | John Furniss | 32 | 1 Jan 1935 | Living | 86 | 1 |
Directed by | Don Chaffey | 49 | 5 Aug 1917 | 13 Nov 1990 | 73 | 6 |
Editor | Peter Boita | 42 | 25 Aug 1924 | 1 Oct 1973 | 49 | 1 |
From an original story by | John Temple-Smith | 43 | 18 Nov 1923 | 2010 | 86 | 1 |
Hair Stylist | Bobbie Smith | 1 | ||||
Make-up Supervisor | Charles Parker | 56 | 14 Jun 1910 | 1 Nov 1977 | 67 | 4 |
Master of Horse | Frank Hayden | 38 | 1929 | 1988 | 59 | 1 |
Music Composed by | Gary Hughes | 44 | 21 Mar 1922 | 25 Apr 1978 | 56 | 103 |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 59 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 3 |
Photographed by | Stephen Dade, BSc | 57 | 13 Aug 1909 | 1 Jan 1975 | 65 | 1 |
Produced by | John Temple-Smith | 43 | 18 Nov 1923 | 2010 | 86 | 3 |
Production Designer | George Provis | 59 | 1908 | 1989 | 81 | 2 |
Production Liaison | Lieut. Colonel William O'Kelly | 1 | ||||
Production Manager | Rene Dupont | 37 | 10 Oct 1929 | Living | 91 | 3 |
Screenplay by | Clarke Reynolds | 49 | 20 May 1917 | 18 Aug 1994 | 77 | 1 |
Second Unit Cameraman | John Harris | 41 | 15 May 1925 | 3 Jul 2012 | 87 | 2 |
Second Unit Director | Jack Causey | 53 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 6 |
Sound Editor | Stan Smith | 1 | ||||
Sound Mixers | Bob Jones | 2 | ||||
Sound Mixers | H.L. Bird | 57 | 9 Jun 1909 | 1968 | 58 | 1 |
Special Effects | Allan Bryce | 39 | 21 Dec 1927 | 24 Dec 2000 | 73 | 2 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 47 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
Wardrobe Master | Jack Gallagher | 1 | ||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Hilda Geerdts | 48 | 1919 | 1 Jan 1998 | 79 | 1 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Beatrice | Adrienne Corri | 36 | 13 Nov 1930 | 13 Mar 2016 | 85 | 4 |
Benedict | Patrick Gardiner | 41 | 1 Jan 1926 | 30 Sep 1970 | 44 | 1 |
Catus | Percy Herbert | 46 | 31 Jul 1920 | 6 Dec 1992 | 72 | 6 |
Dalan (Maelgan's son) | Paul Murphy | 1 | ||||
Fabian | Gerald Alexander | 37 | 17 Dec 1929 | Living | 91 | 1 |
Fergus | Sean Caffrey | 26 | 15 Apr 1940 | 25 Apr 2013 | 73 | 2 |
Justinian | Don Murray | 37 | 31 Jul 1929 | Living | 91 | 1 |
King Priam | Wilfrid Lawson | 66 | 14 Jan 1900 | 10 Oct 1966 | 66 | 1 |
Maelgan | Donald Houston | 43 | 6 Nov 1923 | 13 Oct 1991 | 67 | 2 |
Merchant | Philip O'Flynn | 39 | 27 Apr 1927 | 1 Dec 1999 | 72 | 1 |
Nigel | Brendan Matthews | 1 | ||||
Nubian Girl-Slave | Nita Lorraine | 24 | 23 Jan 1942 | Living | 79 | 1 |
Octavian | Andrew Keir | 40 | 3 Apr 1926 | 5 Oct 1997 | 71 | 7 |
Old Man at Tax Enquiry | Arthur O'Sullivan | 55 | 1912 | 17 Feb 1981 | 69 | 1 |
Osiris | Denis Shaw | 45 | 7 Apr 1921 | 28 Feb 1971 | 49 | 4 |
Salina (introducing) | Catria Järvinen | 23 | 20 May 1943 | Living | 77 | 1 |
Shopkeeper at Protest Gathering | Cecil Sheridan | 58 | 1909 | 4 Jan 1980 | 71 | 1 |
Shopkeeper's Wife | Anna Mannahan | 42 | 18 Oct 1924 | 8 Mar 2009 | 84 | 1 |
Talia | Nicola Pagett | 21 | 15 Jun 1945 | 3 Mar 2021 | 75 | 1 |
Tiberian | Niall Macginnis | 53 | 29 Mar 1913 | 6 Jan 1977 | 63 | 3 |
Tristram | Patrick Troughton | 46 | 25 Mar 1920 | 28 Mar 1987 | 67 | 5 |
Footnotes
American star Don Murray’s credits include “Bus Stop” (1956), for which he received an Oscar nomination, Fred Zinnemann’s “A Hatfull of Rain” (1957), Bachelor Party (1957) and Otto Preminger’s “Advise and Consent” (1962).
New find Carita did not enjoy the same success as Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch and appears to have vanished without trace after this film.
Despite having significant roles in many films, Adrianne Corri is best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mrs. Alexander, the wife of the writer Frank Alexander, in Stanley Kubrick’s film “A Clockwork Orange” (1971). She also played the Gypsy Woman in Hammer’s “Vampire Circus” (1971)
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection