Meet Simon Cherry – 1949

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Recorded by United Programmes
From the original story by Godfrey Grayson
Based on Gale Pedrick’s radio series “Meet the Rev”

Black & White 67 minutes

Storyline

Simon Cherry “the rev”, is a churchman whose flock in the tough East End of London is a severe tax on his energies. He decides to take a break away from it all and sets off for a holiday in the country. His car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and he seeks help at the remote mansion belonging to the highly respectable Harling family, who offer him shelter for the night. But the death of Lisa Colville, the beautiful daughter of Lady Harling, prolongs his stay as he decides to investigate its strange circumstances. His enquiries uncover a complex tale of family tragedy and intrigue. Could the butler really have done it?

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Denis Wreford	45	1905		1988	82	5		5
Ast. Director	Leon Bijou	35	25 May 1914				3		3
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	30	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Mary Harris						4	2	6
Continuity	Renee Glynne	23	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Godfrey Grayson	36	2 Aug 1913		1 Jun 1998	84	11		11
Director of Photog.	Cedric Williams	37	1913		1999	85	7		7
Editor	Ray Pitt						5	3	8
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	24	1 Jan 1926	01.01.1926		97	18		18
Make-up	Phil Leakey	42	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	38	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Musical Director	Rupert Grayson						8		8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	27	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	64	1886		1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	37	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Godfrey Grayson	36	2 Aug 1913		1 Jun 1998	84	11		11
Screenplay	A.R. Rawlinson	55	9 Aug 1894		20 Apr 1984	89	4		4
Uncredited
Art Department	Tom Money	33	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Art Department	Michael Lyons							10	10
Clapper Loader	Michael Reed	20	7 Jul 1929		15 Dec 2022	93	5	2	7
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	18	1 Jun 1931	01.06.1931		92	17	10	27
Sound Recordist	Percy Britten	30	1 Oct 1919		1996	76		21	21
Still Photog.	John Jay	29	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Alan Colville	Anthony Forwood	34	3 Oct 1915	18 May 1988	72	6	6	6
Charlie	Arthur Lovegrove	36	15 Jul 1913	7 Nov 1981	68	3	6	9
Doctor	Gerald Case	45	26 Jan 1905	22 May 1985	80	3		3
Henry Dantry	John Bailey	37	26 Jun 1912	11 Feb 1989	76	4		4
Lady Harling	Courtney Hope	64	19 Dec 1886	17 Jan 1975	88	4		4
Lisa Colville	Zena Marshall	25	1 Jan 1925	10 Jul 2009	84	1		1
Monica Harling	Jeanette Tregarthen	29	18 Jun 1920	2010	89	1		1
Simon Cherry ("the rev")	Hugh Moxey	40	27 Sep 1909	9 Mar 1991	81	2		2
Young	Ernest Butcher	65	7 Apr 1885	8 Jun 1965	80	1		1
Uncredited
Party Guest	Victor Harrington	40	27 Aug 1909	23 Jul 1980	70		7	7
Tommy	John Arnatt	33	9 May 1917	21 Dec 1999	82	3	1	4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 May 1949
UK RELEASE	10 May 1950
STUDIO	Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Peter Bryan, one of Hammer’s Camera Operators at this time, later became a scriptwriter. His writing credits for Hammer include “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1959), “The Brides of Dracula” (1960) and “The Plague of the Zombies” (1966).

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