Jack of Diamonds – 1949

Exclusive Films Presents. Vernon Swewll Production
From the story by “Binnacle”
Dialogue by Nigel Patrick and Cyril Hammond
Diving apparatus by courtesy of Messrs. Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd.
Westrex Sound

Black & White 65 minutes

Storyline

Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he hid during the war. Complications ensue when it turns out he’s not the only one looking for it.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Associate Producer	Walter D’Eyncourt	49	25 Aug 1899	24 Oct 1993	94	1		1
Ast. Director	John Arnold	27	3 Sep 1921	May 2003	81	2		2
Ast. Editor	Dick Marden	20	7 Jun 1928	13 Nov 2006	78	1		1
Director	Vernon Sewell	45	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6		6
Editor	Francis Bieber	41	1908	1960	52	2		2
Music Composed & Arranged by	Frank Spencer	37	19 Jun 1911	Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Music Composed & Arranged by	Rupert Grayson					8		8
Photog.	Moray Grant	31	13 Nov 1917	17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Producer	Vernon Sewell	45	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6		6
Sound	Charles Parkhouse	42	2 Mar 1907	1982	74	1		1
Uncredited
Continuity	Renee Glynne	22	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Alan Butler	Nigel Patrick	37	2 May 1912	21 Sep 1981	69	1		1
Colin Campbell	Darcy Conyers	29	19 Jul 1919	Nov 1973	54	2		2
Douaimer	Guy Romano					1		1
Engineer	Vernon Sewell	46	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6		6
George Paxton	Edwin Richfield	27	11 Sep 1921	2 Aug 1990	68	10		10
Giselle	Dolly Bouwmeester	36	19 Apr 1913	8 Nov 1986	73	1		1
Joan Keen	Joan Carol	43	1 Dec 1905	29 May 1986	80	2		2
Parsons	John Basings					1		1
Roger Keen	Cyril Raymond	50	13 Feb 1899	20 Mar 1973	74	1		1

Production



UK RELEASE	23 May 1949
STUDIO	Kay's Studio, Carlton Hill, Maida Vale, London

Footnotes

This film saw Edwin Richfields film debut – he went on to appear in a further nine Hammer productions his last being “Quatermass and the Pit” (1967).

Assistant Producer Walter Tennyson is credited under the name Walter D’Eyncourt.

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