The Lady Craved Excitement – 1950

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Panacoustic Recording

Cabaret sequence filmed at the Hotel de Paris, Bray
Based on the popular B.B.C. serial by Edward J. Mason

“The Lady Craves Excitement” and “Ladies of the Gaiety” by James Dyrenforth and George Melachrin

Black & White 69 minutes

Storyline

A madcap comedy, in which a couple of bungling cabaret artists stumble upon a plan to smuggle valuable works of art out of the country. To make matters worse, one of the gang is the mad descendant of the executioner of Anne Boleyn and is determined to re-enact the event, using Pat as head model for the part!

Watch a clip from the film on YouTube

Crew


Functon	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	22	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	31	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	Renee Glynne	24	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Dance Arranger	Leslie Roberts						1		1
Director	Francis Searle	41	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17		17
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	47	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	John Ferris						7		7
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	39	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Producer	Anthony Hinds	28	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	John Gilling	38	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21		21
Screenplay	Edward J Mason	38	8 May 1912		3 Feb 1971	58	1		1
Screenplay	Francis Searle	41	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17		17

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Chorus Girl	Barbara Hamilton	23	11 Dec 1926	7 Feb 1996	69	1		1
2nd Chorus Girl	Jasmine Dee	32	30 Aug 1918	28 Jun 2019	100	2		2
Boris	Danny Green	47	26 May 1903	1973	69	4		4
Carlo	Sidney James	37	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7		7
Inspector James	John Longden	49	11 Nov 1900	26 May 1971	70	4		4
Johnny	Michael Medwin	27	18 Jul 1923	26 Feb 2020	96	6		6
Julia	Thelma Grigg	39	13 Sep 1911	29 May 2003	91	1		1
Lunatic	Gordon Mulholland	29	30 Apr 1921	30 Jun 2010	89	1		1
Mugsy	Ian Wilson	49	2 Jul 1901	Dec 1987	86	4	4	8
Pat	Hy Hazel	31	4 Oct 1919	10 May 1970	50	2		2
Peterson	Andrew Keir	24	3 Apr 1926	5 Oct 1997	71	7		7
Uncredited
Club Patron	Richard Neller	56	1 Oct 1894	14 Jul 1970	75		8	8
Jack - Barman	Louis Matto	40	16 Aug 1910	16 Apr 1989	78		4	4
Nightclub Patron	Ernest Blyth						11	11

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 March 1950
UK RELEASE	16 October 1950
STUDIO	Oakley Court Hotel, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire

Footnotes

Actor John Longden appeared in early Hitchcock films, such as “Blackmail” (1929) and “The Skin Game” (1931). He also turns up in Hammer’s “Quatermass 2” (1957) alongside “Carry On” regular Sidney James, who has his first role with Hammer here.

Scottish actor Andrew Keir found more substantial parts with Hammer in “The Pirates of Blood River” (1962), “Dracula – Prince of Darkness” (1966), “Quatermass and the Pit” (1967) and “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971).

This is the first Hammer film to feature the famous exterior of Oakley Court, the building next door to Bray Studios. Michael Medwin’s character even refers to it by its real name in the film.

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