The Viking Queen – 1967

A Seven Arts-Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-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 Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Dennis Bertera	49	1918		1997	79	3		3
Camera Operator	David Harcourt	51	27 Sep 1915		5 May 2013	97	3	1	4
Continuity	Ann Skinner	30	1 Feb 1937	01.02.1937		86	1	2	3
Costume Designer	John Furniss	32	1 Jan 1935	01.01.1935		88	1		1
Director	Don Chaffey	49	5 Aug 1917		13 Nov 1990	73	6		6
Editor	Peter Boita	42	25 Aug 1924		Oct 1997	73	1		1
Hair Stylist	Bobbie Smith						1		1
Make-up Supervisor	Charles Parker	56	14 Jun 1910		Nov 1977	67	1		1
Master of Horse	Frank Hayden	38	1 Jan 1929		1 Jan 1988	58	4	1	5
Music Composer	Gary Hughes	45	21 Mar 1922		25 Apr 1978	56	5		5
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	59	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Original Story	John Temple-Smith	43	18 Nov 1923		2010	86	3		3
Photog.	Stephen Dade BSc	57	13 Aug 1909		1975	65	1		1
Producer	John Temple-Smith	43	18 Nov 1923		1 Jan 2010	86	3		3
Production Designer	George Provis	59	1908		1989	81	2		2
Production Liaison	Lieut. Colonel William O’Kelly						1		1
Production Manager	Rene Dupont	37	10 Oct 1929	10.10.1929		93	3	2	5
Screenplay	Clarke Reynolds	49	20 May 1917		18 Aug 1994	77	1		1
Second Unit Cameraman	John Harris	41	15 May 1925		3 Jul 2012	87	2		2
Second Unit Director	Jack Causey	53	1914		1977	63	6	1	7
Sound Editor	Stan Smith						1		1
Sound Mixer	H.L. Bird	57	9 Jun 1909		1968	58	1		1
Sound Mixer	Bob Jones						2		2
Special Effects	Allan Bryce	39	21 Dec 1927		24 Dec 2000	73	2		2
Supervising Editor	James Needs	47	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Master	Jack Gallagher						1		1
Wardrobe Supervisor	Hilda Geerdts	48	1919		1998	79	1		1
Uncredited
Ast. Sound Editor	Jim Hopkins							1	1
Dubbing Crew	Maurice Askew	50	12 May 1916		11 Dec 1986	70	2	1	3
Dubbing Crew	Lionel Strutt	30	22 Jun 1936		6 Dec 2021	85		1	1
Gaffer	Bernie Prentice							1	1
Matte Painter	Doug Ferris	36	1931	01.01.1931		92		2	2
Still Photog.	George Higgins							3	3
Stunts	Bronco McLoughlin	28	10 Aug 1938		26 Mar 2019	80		2	2
Stunts	Steve Emerson	32	31 Oct 1934	31.10.1934		88		2	2
Stunts	Tim Condron	40	22 Oct 1926		19 Jul 2006	79	1	2	3
Third Ast. Director	Mike Higgins	20	1947	01.01.1947		75		2	2

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Beatrice	Adrienne Corri	35	13 Nov 1931		13 Mar 2016	84	4		4
Benedict	Patrick Gardiner	41	1 Jan 1926		30 Sep 1970	44	1		1
Catus	Percy Herbert	46	31 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6		6
Dalan (Maelgan's son)	Paul Murphy						1		1
Fabian	Gerald Alexander	37	17 Dec 1929	17.12.1929		93	1		1
Fergus	Sean Caffrey	26	15 Apr 1940		25 Apr 2013	73	2		2
Justinian	Don Murray	37	31 Jul 1929	31.07.1929		93	1		1
King Priam	Wilfrid Lawson	67	14 Jan 1900		10 Oct 1966	66	1		1
Maelgan	Donald Houston	43	6 Nov 1923		13 Oct 1991	67	2		2
Merchant	Philip O'Flynn	39	27 Apr 1927		Dec 1999	72	1		1
Nigel	Brendan Matthews						1		1
Nubian Girl-Slave	Nita Lorraine	25	23 Jan 1942	23.01.1942		81	1		1
Octavian	Andrew Keir	40	3 Apr 1926		5 Oct 1997	71	7		7
Old Man at Tax Enquiry	Arthur O'Sullivan	55	1 Jan 1912		17 Feb 1981	69	1		1
Osiris	Denis Shaw	45	7 Apr 1921		28 Feb 1971	49	4	3	7
Salina	Carita Järvinen	23	20 May 1943		29 Jan 2022	78	1		1
Shopkeeper at Protest Gathering	Cecil Sheridan	58	1 Jan 1909		4 Jan 1980	71	1		1
Shopkeeper's Wife	Anna Mannahan	42	18 Oct 1924		8 Mar 2009	84	1		1
Talia	Nicola Pagett	21	15 Jun 1945		3 Mar 2021	75	1		1
Tiberian	Niall MacGinnis	53	29 Mar 1913		6 Jan 1977	63	3		3
Tristram	Patrick Troughton	47	25 Mar 1920		28 Mar 1987	67	5		5
Uncredited
Dominic	Bryan Marshall	28	19 May 1938		25 Jun 2019	81	2	2	4
Narator	Patrick Allen	40	17 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	4	2	6
With	Scott McGinnis	8	19 Nov 1958	19.11.1958		64		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	15 June 1966
UK RELEASE	26 March 1967
STUDIO	Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
LOCATION	Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland	Waterfall
	Loch Tay, County Wicklow, Ireland
	Wicklow Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
	Sally Gap, County Wicklow, Ireland
	Kilruddery Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland

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