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 Credits
Assistant Director	John Arnold	27	3 Sep 1921	1 May 2003	81	2
Assistant Editor	Dick Marden	20	7 Jun 1928	13 Nov 2006	78	1
Associate Producer	Walter D’Eyncourt	49	25 Aug 1899	24 Oct 1993	94	1
Directed by	Vernon Sewell	45	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6
Editor	Francis Bieber	41	1908	1960	52	2
Music Composed & Arranged by	Frank Spencer	37	19 Jun 1911	1 Feb 1975	63	21
Music Composed & Arranged by	Rupert Grayson					8
Photography	Moray Grant	31	13 Nov 1917	17 Sep 1977	59	29
Produced by	Vernon Sewell	45	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6
Sound	Charles Parkhouse	41	2 Mar 1907	1982	74	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Alan Butler	Nigel Patrick	36	2 May 1912	21 Sep 1981	69	1
Colin Campbell	Darcy Conyers	29	19 Jul 1919	1 Nov 1973	54	2
Douaimer	Guy Romano					1
Engineer	Vernon Sewell	45	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6
George Paxton	Edwin Richfield	27	11 Sep 1921	2 Aug 1990	68	10
Giselle	Dolly Bouwmeester	35	19 Apr 1913	8 Nov 1986	73	1
Joan Keen	Joan Carroll					2
Parsons	John Basings					1
Roger Keen	Cyril Raymond	49	13 Feb 1899	20 Mar 1973	74	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