Death of an Angel – 1952

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
From the play “This is Mary’s Chair” by Frank King

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

RCA Sound System
Black & White 63 minutes

Storyline

The picturesque English village of Evenbridge seems an unlikely setting for murder. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what happens when Christopher Boswell arrives there to start work as the partner of the local doctor, Robert Welling. Shortly after his arrival Welling’s wife, Mary, is killed by arsenic poisoning and the finger of suspicion immediately points to her husband. But could he really have done something so cold blooded? He is such a nice man and it seems so out of character!

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	24	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	Charles Saunders	47	8 Apr 1904	20 Apr 1997	93	1		1
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	49	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
Musical Director	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	66	1886	1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	39	27 Jan 1913	15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Reginald Long	53	10 Mar 1899	1980	80	3		3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ann Marlow	Jean Lodge	24	4 Aug 1927	04.08.1927		95	3		3
Christopher Boswell	Raymond Young	33	16 Jun 1918		27 Jul 2011	93	1	1	2
Howard	James Mills						2		2
Jim Pollard	Robert Brown	30	23 Jul 1921		11 Nov 2003	82	6	1	7
Judy Welling	Julie Somers	24	26 Feb 1928		7 Feb 2013	84	1		1
Mary Welling	Jane Baxter	42	9 Sep 1909		13 Sep 1996	87	1		1
Nurse	June Bardsley						1		1
P.C. James	John Kelly	48	1904		19 May 1977	73	2		2
Plain Clothes Man	David Stoll	30	1922		2012	89	1		1
Railway Porter	Hal Osmond	48	27 May 1903		Dec 1959	56	4		4
Robert Welling	Patrick Barr	44	13 Feb 1908		29 Aug 1985	77	3		3
Sam Oddy	Frank Tickle	58	25 Jun 1893		18 Oct 1955	62	2		2
Sarah Oddy	Katie Johnson	73	18 Nov 1878		4 May 1957	78	2		2
Superintendent Walshaw	Russell Napier	41	28 Nov 1910		19 Aug 1964	53	5	1	6
Walter Grannage	Russell Waters	43	10 Jun 1908		19 Aug 1982	74	4		4
Uncredited
Taxi Driver	Duggie Ascot	60	19 Jan 1892		Mar 1961	69		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 March 1951
UK RELEASE	24 March 1952
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Elderly actress Katie Johnson appears here as Sarah Oddy. She also turns up in Hammer’s “Lady in the Fog” (1952), as a madwoman who thinks that she is Mary, Queen of Scots! However, her most famous role was to come later, playing the dotty Mrs Wilberforce in the classic Ealing comedy “The Ladykillers” (1955).

This film features a performance from one Julie Somers (aged 23 at the time of filming) which must rate her as one of the ghastliest “child” actors ever to grace the silver screen!!

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