Never Look Back 1952

A Hammer-Brennan production released by Exclusive Films

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

Gaumont Wales Recording
Made at the Film Studios, Manchester

Black & White 73 minutes

Storyline

Anne Maitland has just been called to the bar as a King’s Counsel and tells Nigel Stewart that she cannot marry him because of her career. Then she takes her first case – defending an old friend, Guy Ransom, who has been accused of murder. Anne is sure of success, because Ransom was staying in her flat on the night of the crime…

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Assistant Director	Pat Kelly						1
Assistant Producer	Thomas Blakeley	35	11 Oct 1916		16 Jul 1984	67	1
Camera Operator	Ken Hodges	29	25 Oct 1922		1993	70	3
Casting Director	Nora Roberts				1 Mar 1968		5
Continuity	Connie Willis	28	1924		1992	68	2
Directed by	Francis Searle	42	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17
Director of Photography	Reginald Wyer	50	30 Oct 1901		1 Jan 1970	68	1
Editor	John Ferris						7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	26	1926	01.01.1926		96	18
Make-up	Peter Evans						1
Music Composed by	Temple Abady	48	13 Jun 1903		1 Dec 1970	67	1
Played by the	Philharmonia Orchestra						1
Produced by	Michael Carreras	24	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82
Production Manager	Anthony Nelson-Keys	40	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	41
Screenplay by	Francis Searle	42	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17
Screenplay by	Guy Morgan	43	6 Feb 1908		1964	55	1
Screenplay by	John Hunter	41	23 Aug 1911		8 Sep 1984	73	4
Sound Recordist	Sid Wiles	52	2 Feb 1899		1 Jul 1973	74	6
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	43	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Alan	Terence Longdon	29	14 May 1922	23 Apr 2011	88	1
Anne Maitland KC	Rosamund John	38	19 Oct 1913	27 Oct 1998	85	1
Cameraman	David Scase	32	21 Sep 1919	27 Feb 2003	83	1
Guy Ransom	Guy Middleton	45	14 Dec 1906	30 Jul 1973	66	2
Lindsell	H.S. Hills					1
Liz	Frances Rowe	38	26 Jun 1913	31 Jul 1988	75	1
Molly Wheeler	Brenda de Banzie	42	28 Jul 1909	5 Mar 1981	71	1
Mrs Brock	Helene Burls	70	7 Jul 1881	1 Sep 1967	86	1
Nigel Stewart	Hugh Sinclair	48	19 May 1903	29 Dec 1962	59	2
Nigel's Junior	Norman Somers					1
Press Woman	Barbara Shaw					1
Raynor	John Warwick	46	4 Jan 1905	10 Jan 1972	67	2
Secretary	June Mitchell	18	30 Jun 1933	2 Aug 2009	76	2
The Judge	Bruce Belfrage	50	30 Oct 1901	13 Aug 1974	72	1
Vaughan	Arthur Howard	41	18 Jan 1910	18 Jun 1995	85	4
Whitcomb	Henry Edwards	69	18 Sep 1882	2 Nov 1952	70	2
Willie	Bill Shine	40	20 Oct 1911	24 Jul 1997	85	2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	17 September 1951
UK RELEASE	26 May 1952
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
	Film Studios, Manchester, England
LOCATION	Charing Cross Road, Covent Garden, London, England	Clive Oliver gets off bus at beginning of the film and walks onto Newport Court
	Queen Charlotte Street, Windsor, Berkshire, England	Bookshop
	General Post Office, High Street, Windsor	Jeffrey posts the blackmail letter
	Claremont Road and Trinity Place, Windsor	Postman delivering letter
	Windsor and Eaton Riverside Station, Datchet Road, Windsor	John tries to escape via rail, but spots police there
	King Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	John walking the street
	St. Saviour's Church, The Grove, Ealing, London, England	John meets Stella at bombed-out church from WWII - since demolished
	St. James'e Piccadilly Church, 197 Piccadilly, St. James's, London, England	Stella meets Clive to ask him for help
	Park Street, Black Horse Yard, Windsor, Berkshire, England	Stella meets Clive to ask him for help

Footnotes

Anthony Nelson Keys later became a Producer with Hammer, working on some of their most famous horror films.

Actor Terence Longden (here misspelt Longdon) appeared in four of the early “Carry on” films – Sergeant (1958), “Nurse” (1958), “Constable” (1960) and “Regardless” (1961).

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