The Devil Rides Out – 1968

A Hammer film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA)
Copyright MCMLXVII Hammer films Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 21721
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
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Boreham Wood, Herts, England
Technicolor 95 mins
Storyline
When his ward, Simon Aron, fails to turn up at a reunion, the Duc de Richleau drives down to his house with his friend Rex. When they get there, Simon is somewhat disturbed by their arrival, as he has a house full of guests, a meeting of what he describes as an ‘astronomical society’ led by the sinister Mocata. However, the Duc, who has made a study of esoteric doctrines, soon realises that he and Rex have in fact stumbled in on a black magic circle and that Simon is shortly to undergo his final initiation into the devil-worshipping cult. A terrifying battle of the forces of good and evil ensues, as de Richleau and Mocata vie for control of Simon’s very soul!
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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 | Bert Batt | 38 | 25 Apr 1930 | 6 Nov 2011 | 81 | 13 | 13 | ||
Camera Operator | Moray Grant | 50 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 | 29 | ||
Casting | Irene Lamb | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Choreographer | David Toguri | 34 | 25 Oct 1933 | 15 Nov 1997 | 64 | 1 | 1 | ||
Continuity | June Randall | 41 | 26 Jun 1927 | 18 Jan 2015 | 87 | 6 | 6 | ||
Director | Terence Fisher | 64 | 23 Feb 1904 | 18 Jun 1980 | 76 | 31 | 31 | ||
Director of Photog. | Arthur Grant BSc | 53 | 1915 | 1972 | 56 | 30 | 30 | ||
Editor | Spencer Reeve | 44 | 10 Dec 1923 | 15 Dec 1975 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
From the classic novel by | Dennis Wheatley | 71 | 8 Jan 1897 | 10 Nov 1977 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
Hair Stylist | Pat McDermot | 38 | 1930 | 2015 | 84 | 5 | 5 | ||
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 43 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | James Bernard | 42 | 20 Sep 1925 | 12 Jul 2001 | 75 | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 60 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Painter | Michael Finlay | 20 | 23 Apr 1948 | 75 | 19 | 19 | |||
Producer | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 56 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Production Manager | Ian Lewis | 35 | 23 Nov 1932 | 90 | 5 | 5 | |||
Recording Supervisor | A.W. Lumkin | 55 | 1 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | 30 | ||
Screenplay | Richard Matheson | 42 | 20 Feb 1926 | 23 Jun 2013 | 87 | 3 | 3 | ||
Sound Editor | Arthur Cox | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 50 | Jan 1918 | 1971 | 52 | 18 | 18 | ||
Special Effects | Michael Stainer-Hutchins | 46 | 1 Jan 1922 | 5 Mar 1983 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Supervising Art Director | Bernard Robinson | 55 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 | 3 | 49 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 48 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Janet Lucas | 22 | 1 Jan 1946 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Associate Producer | Michael Stainer-Hutchins | 46 | 1 Jan 1922 | 5 Mar 1983 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Associate Producer | Peter Daw | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ast. Boom Operator | Peter Margrave | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Clapper Loader | Peter Carmody | 24 | 1944 | 79 | 6 | 6 | |||
Continuity Ast. | Jimmy Spoard | 48 | 14 Sep 1919 | Aug 1998 | 78 | 2 | 2 | ||
Focus Puller | Bob Jordan | 16 | 16 | ||||||
Gaffer | Steve Birtles | 53 | 12 Nov 1914 | 2003 | 88 | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 55 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 58 | 46 | 3 | 49 | |
Production Staff | Stephen Hyde | 17 | 1951 | 72 | 3 | 3 | |||
Second Ast. Director | Christopher Neame | 25 | 24 Dec 1942 | 12 Jun 2011 | 68 | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 54 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 | 11 | 43 | |
Special Make-up Artist | Roy Ashton | 59 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Stunt Coordinator | Eddie Powell | 41 | 9 Mar 1927 | 11 Aug 2000 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
Stunt Driver | Jack Silk | 45 | 10 Sep 1922 | 12 Mar 2005 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stunt Driver | Mike Reid | 28 | 19 Jan 1940 | 29 Jul 2007 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Third Ast. Director | Bill Westley | 29 | 1939 | 84 | 5 | 5 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Countess | Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 77 | 25 Jan 1891 | 27 Jan 1992 | 101 | 2 | 2 | ||
Duc de Richeleau | Christopher Lee | 46 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | 22 | ||
Malin | Russell Waters | 60 | 10 Jun 1908 | 19 Aug 1982 | 74 | 4 | 4 | ||
Marie | Sarah Lawson | 39 | 6 Aug 1928 | 18 Aug 2023 | 95 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mocata | Charles Gray | 39 | 29 Aug 1928 | 7 Mar 2000 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Peggy | Rosalyn Landor | 9 | 7 Oct 1958 | 64 | 2 | 2 | |||
Rex | Leon Greene | 37 | 15 Jul 1931 | 19 Jun 2021 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Richard | Paul Eddington | 41 | 18 Jun 1927 | 4 Nov 1995 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Simon | Patrick Mower | 29 | 12 Sep 1938 | 84 | 2 | 2 | |||
Tanith | Nike Arrighi | 21 | 9 Mar 1947 | 76 | 2 | 2 | |||
Uncredited | |||||||||
African | Yemi Ajibade | 38 | 28 Jul 1929 | 24 Jan 2013 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Chauffeur | Jeff Silk | 42 | 23 Dec 1925 | 19 Oct 1999 | 97 | 3 | 3 | ||
Indian | Ahmed Khali | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Indian Girl | Zoe Starr | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Max | Keith Pyott | 66 | 9 Mar 1902 | 6 Apr 1968 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Mocata's Servant | Mohan Singh | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Receptionist | John Brown | 34 | 1 Jul 1934 | 5 Nov 2017 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Rex Van Ryn (voice) | Patrick Allen | 41 | 17 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2006 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Satanist | John Tatham | 56 | 29 Jul 1911 | Dec 1996 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
Satanist | Peter Swanwick | 45 | 29 Sep 1922 | 14 Nov 1968 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Satanist | John Falconer | 53 | 9 Dec 1914 | 16 Nov 1994 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Satanist | Liane Aukin | 31 | 17 Aug 1936 | 18 Aug 2016 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Satanist | Anne Godley | 38 | 1930 | 30 Sep 2017 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
Satanist | Bert Vivian | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Satanist | Fred Stroud | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Satanist | Richard Scott | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Servant | Willie Payne | 45 | 1 Sep 1922 | 2017 | 94 | 2 | 2 | ||
The Goat of Mendes | Eddie Powell | 41 | 9 Mar 1927 | 11 Aug 2000 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
With | Richard Huggett | 39 | 25 Apr 1929 | 7 Apr 2000 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 7 August 1967 | |
UK RELEASE | 21 July 1968 | |
STUDIO | Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire, England | |
LOCATION | Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England | Sabbat ceremony |
Edgwarebury Hotel, Barnet Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England | Richard's house-exterior | |
High Canons, Buckettsland Lane, Well End, Hertfordshire, England | Home of Macato |
Footnotes
This was the first of three adaptations of novels by prolific author Dennis Wheatley which Hammer brought to the screen, the other two being “The Lost Continent” (the book was called “Uncharted Seas”) (1968) and “To the Devil a Daughter” (1976).
The voice of Leon Greene was dubbed by actor Patrick Allen, who can be seen in Hammer’s “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” (1969).
Paul Eddington became a firm favourite with television audiences with his roles in BBC TV’s sitcoms “The Good Life”, “Yes, Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister”.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection