Black Widow – 1951

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Panacoustic Sound System
Based on the B.B.C. serial play “Return from Darkness” by Lester Powell
Black & White 52 minutes
Storyline
Mark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Assistant Director | Jimmy Sangster | 23 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 31 | 28 Sep 1919 | 1 Sep 1972 | 52 | 22 |
Casting | Prudence Sykes | 11 | ||||
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 24 | 3 Aug 1926 | Living | 94 | 38 |
Directed by | Vernon Sewell | 47 | 4 Jul 1903 | 21 Jan 2001 | 97 | 5 |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey Bsc | 47 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 33 |
Editor | James Needs | 31 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
Hair Stylist | Monica Hustler | 25 | 1926 | Living | 95 | 18 |
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 42 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 |
Musical Director | Frank Spencer | 39 | 19 Jun 1911 | 1 Feb 1975 | 63 | 21 |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds | 28 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
Production Manager | Arthur Barnes | 65 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 |
Recordist | Edgar Vetter | 37 | 27 Jan 1913 | 15 Dec 1988 | 75 | 15 |
Screenplay by | Alan MacKinnon | 39 | 1912 | 1955 | 43 | 3 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Christine | Christine Norden | 26 | 28 Dec 1924 | 21 Sep 1988 | 63 | 2 |
Dr. Wallace | John Harvey | 39 | 29 Sep 1911 | 19 Jul 1982 | 70 | 12 |
Kemp | John Longdon | 50 | 11 Nov 1900 | 26 May 1971 | 70 | 4 |
Maid | Jill Hulbert | 24 | 1 Jan 1927 | 26 Apr 2007 | 80 | 1 |
Mark | Robert Ayres | 36 | 11 Dec 1914 | 5 Nov 1968 | 53 | 2 |
Mrs. Gladstone | Madoline Thomas | 60 | 2 Jan 1890 | 20 Dec 1989 | 99 | 1 |
Paul | Anthony Forwood | 35 | 1 Oct 1915 | 18 May 1988 | 72 | 6 |
Police Sergeant | Reginald Dyson | 55 | 13 May 1895 | 6 Apr 1963 | 67 | 2 |
Receptionist | Bill Hodge | 2 | ||||
Sheila | Jennifer Jayne | 19 | 14 Nov 1931 | 23 Apr 2006 | 74 | 2 |
Christine Norden by permission of British Lion Film Corporation Limited
Footnotes
Christine Norden also appeared in Hammer’s “A Case for PC 49” (1951).
Anthony Forwood appeared in five other Hammer productions: “Meet Simon Cherry” (1949), “The Man in Black” (1949), “The Gambler and the Lady” (1952), “Mantrap” (1953) and “Five Days” (1954). He was married to actress Glynis Johns (Winnifred Banks in Mary Poppins” 1964) from 1942 to 1948. (1942-1948). They had one son, actor Gareth Forwood.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection