Dick Barton at Bay – 1950
A Marylebone-Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
“The Sensational B.B.C. Serial”
From a story by Ambrose Grayson by arrangement with Ted Kavanagh Associated
Black & White 68 minutes
Storyline
For the third time, villainous vermin and their heinous henchmen learn the hard way not to cross the path of super-smooth special agent Dick Barton. Here he struts his inimitable stuff, along with ever-loyal protege Snowey White, as they tackle fanatical foreign anarchists who kidnap a leading scientist and his daughter. The daring duo’s search leads them to the gang’s headquarters in a lighthouse at Beachy Head, from where they plan to use a deadly ray to blow up an aeroplane carrying members of a critical military defence mission.
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Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Arranged & Conducted | Frank Spencer | 39 | 19 Jun 1911 | Feb 1975 | 63 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| Art Director | James Marchant | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Ast. Director | Dodo Elliot | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Camera Operator | Jack Rose | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Casting Director | Edgar Blatt | 43 | 4 Sep 1907 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Casting Manager | Mary Harris | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Continuity | Prudence Sykes | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Director | Godfrey Grayson | 37 | 2 Aug 1913 | 1 Jun 1998 | 84 | 11 | 11 | |
| Director of Photog. | Stanley Clinton MBKS | 43 | 1 Jan 1907 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Film Editor | Max Brenner | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Hair Stylist | G. Hollis | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Make-up Artist | Teddy Edwardes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Music Composer | Rupert Grayson | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Producer | Henry Halsted | 43 | 1 Jan 1907 | 10 Mar 1970 | 63 | 4 | 4 | |
| Screenplay | Emma Trechman | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Screenplay | Jackson C Budd | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Screenplay | Ambrose Grayson | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Sound Recordist | Charles Hasher | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Uncredited | ||||||||
| Camera Operator | Stanley Clinton MBKS | 43 | 1 Jan 1907 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Cast
| Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||
| A Gangster | Fred Owen | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Anna | Tamara Desni | 39 | 22 Oct 1910 | 7 Feb 2008 | 97 | 1 | 1 | |
| Assembly Cutter | George A. Cooper | 25 | 7 Mar 1925 | 16 Nov 2018 | 93 | 3 | 3 | |
| Betsy Horrock | Beatrice Kane | 51 | 13 Oct 1898 | 22 Jan 2004 | 105 | 2 | 2 | |
| Boris | George Crawford | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Chang | Yoshihide Yanai | 50 | 4 Apr 1900 | 1972 | 71 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dick Barton | Don Stannard | 34 | 1 Jan 1916 | 9 Jul 1949 | 33 | 4 | 4 | |
| Fingers | Paddy Ryan | 39 | 3 Jan 1911 | 10 May 1990 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Inspector Cavendish | Campbell Singer | 41 | 16 Mar 1909 | 16 Feb 1976 | 66 | 5 | 5 | |
| Inspector Slade | Richard George | 52 | 3 Jun 1898 | 1960 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jackson | John Arnatt | 33 | 9 May 1917 | 21 Dec 1999 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Mary Mitchell | Joyce Linden | 27 | 25 Aug 1923 | 2002 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |
| Phillips | Patrick McNee | 28 | 6 Feb 1922 | 25 Jun 2015 | 93 | 1 | 1 | |
| Professor Mitchell | Percy Walsh | 62 | 24 Apr 1888 | 19 Jan 1952 | 63 | 1 | 1 | |
| Serge Volkoff | Meinhart Maur | 66 | 18 Aug 1884 | 1964 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
| Snowey White | George Ford | 43 | 1 Jan 1907 | 22 Apr 1993 | 86 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tommy | Ted Butterfield | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Uncredited | ||||||||
| Henchman | Jim O'Brady | 43 | 13 May 1907 | 1 Jan 1991 | 83 | 18 | 18 | |
| Minor Role | Arthur Howard | 40 | 18 Jan 1910 | 18 Jun 1995 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Police Sergeant | Eliot Makeham | 68 | 22 Dec 1881 | 8 Feb 1956 | 74 | 1 | 1 | |
| Stall Holder | Ross Parker | 36 | 16 Aug 1914 | 2 Aug 1974 | 59 | 1 | 1 | |
| Submarine Capt. Korczanski | Ben Williams | 57 | 6 Oct 1892 | Dec 1960 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Production
| FILMING BEGAN | 1 August 1948 | |
| UK RELEASE | 2 October 1950 | |
| STUDIO | Marylebone Studios, Marylebone, London |
Footnotes
The “Dick Barton” series might well have continued, but for the untimely death of its star, Don Stannard, in a car crash at the age of 33.
Look out for an early role for Patrick McNee (John Steed in ABC TV’s “The Avengers”) in this film. You’ll have to be quick to catch him, though, as his character, Phillips, is killed off in the first five minutes (and that includes the opening titles!)
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection