Cloudburst – 1951

A Hammer Production by Exclusive Films

All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no relation to any real person, living or dead.

RCA Sound System

Black & White 88 minutes

Storyline

A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	24	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	32	28 Sep 1919	Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Michael Carreras	23	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Continuity	Renee Glynne	25	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Francis Searle	42	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	17		17
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	48	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	34		34
Editor	John Ferris					7		7
Hair Stylist	Anne Box					5		5
Make-up	Phil Leakey	43	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composer	Frank Spencer	40	19 Jun 1911	Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Producer	Anthony Hinds	29	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	65	1886	1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	38	27 Jan 1913	15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Leo Marks	31	24 Sep 1920	15 Jan 2001	80	2		2
Screenplay	Francis Searle	42	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	17		17
Uncredited
Clapper Loader	Harry Oakes	30	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Producer	Alexander Paal	41	18 May 1910	8 Nov 1972	62	4	1	5

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Cardew	Edward Lexy	54	18 Feb 1897		31 Jan 1970	72	1		1
Carol Graham	Elisabeth Sellars	30	6 May 1921		30 Dec 2019	98	2		2
Carter	Robert Brown	30	23 Jul 1921		11 Nov 2003	82	6	1	7
Chuck Peters	Lyn Evans	53	28 Feb 1898		15 Jun 1953	55	1		1
Constable	Charles Saynor	48	12 Dec 1902		6 May 1979	76	1	1	2
Desk Seargent	Martin Boddey	44	16 Apr 1907		24 Oct 1975	68	4		4
Doctor	Gerald Case	46	26 Jan 1905		22 May 1985	80	3		3
Inspector Davis	Colin Tapley	42	7 May 1909		1 Dec 1995	86	3		3
Jackie	Thomas Heathcote	44	9 Sep 1907		5 Jan 1986	78	4		4
John Graham	Robert Preston	33	8 Jun 1918		21 Mar 1987	68	1		1
Johnson	Noel Howlett	48	22 Dec 1902		26 Oct 1984	81	3		3
Kate	Daphne Anderson	29	27 Apr 1922		15 Jan 2013	90	3		3
Lorna Dawson	Sheala Burrell	29	9 May 1922		19 Jul 2011	89	5		5
Mickie Fraser/Kid Python	Harold Lang	28	1 Jan 1923		16 Nov 1970	47	8	1	9
Milkman	Stanley Baker	23	28 Feb 1928		28 Jun 1976	48	5		5
Mrs Reece	Edith Sharpe	57	14 Sep 1894		6 Jun 1984	89	2		2
Peggy Reece	Mary Gremaine	18	28 Mar 1933	28.03.1933		90	1		1
Porter	Frederic Steger	57	13 Aug 1894		1975	80	1		1
Sergeant Ritchie	George Woodbridge	44	16 Feb 1907		31 Mar 1973	66	9	1	10
Thompson	James Mills						2		2
Uncredited
Code Breaker	Reg Thomason	33	29 Nov 1918		30 Aug 2003	84		5	5

Production


FILMING BEGAN	8 January 1951
UK RELEASE	10 December 1951
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Noel Howlet went on to play Mr Cromwell, the Headmaster in London Weekend Televisions comedy series “Please Sir”, his other two Hammer appearances came in “Quatermass and the Pit” 1967 and 1963’s “Kiss of the Vampire”.

Stanley Baker, who starred in “Zulu” 1964 and “The Guns of Nazarone” 1961, plays the milkman here. He also appeared for Hammer in “The Rossiter Case” 1951, “Whispering Smith Hits London” 1952, “Yesterday’s Enemy” 1959 and “Hell is a City” 1960. His rise to stardom came in 1953’s “The Cruel Sea”.
Stanley Baker died in 1976 from pneumonia whilst undergoing treatment for lung cancer – he was aged 48.

This was the first Hammer film to be made at Bray Studios.

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