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
Philharmonia Orchestra
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 Productions | |||
Click link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Ast. Director | Pat Kelly | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Ast. Producer | Thomas Blakeley | 35 | 11 Oct 1916 | 16 Jul 1984 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Operator | Ken Hodges | 29 | 25 Oct 1922 | 1993 | 70 | 3 | 3 | ||
Casting Director | Nora Roberts | 1 Mar 1968 | 5 | 5 | |||||
Continuity | Connie Willis | 28 | 1924 | 1992 | 68 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director | Francis Searle | 43 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 17 | 17 | ||
Director of Photog. | Reginald Wyer BSc | 50 | 30 Oct 1901 | 1970 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Editor | John Ferris | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Hair Stylist | Monica Hustler | 26 | 1 Jan 1926 | 97 | 18 | 18 | |||
Make-up | Peter Evans | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Music Composer | Temple Abady | 48 | 13 Jun 1903 | 1 Dec 1970 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Producer | Michael Carreras | 24 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 85 | |
Production Manager | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 40 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Screenplay | Guy Morgan | 44 | 6 Feb 1908 | 1964 | 55 | 1 | 1 | ||
Screenplay | Francis Searle | 43 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 17 | 17 | ||
Screenplay | John Hunter | 40 | 22 Aug 1911 | 8 Sep 1984 | 73 | 4 | 4 | ||
Sound Recordist | Sid Wiles | 53 | 2 Feb 1899 | Jul 1973 | 74 | 6 | 6 | ||
Wardrobe | Molly Arbuthnot | 43 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 4 | 52 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
Alan | Terence Longdon | 30 | 14 May 1922 | 23 Apr 2011 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |
Anne Maitland KC | Rosamund John | 38 | 19 Oct 1913 | 27 Oct 1998 | 85 | 1 | 1 | |
Cameraman | David Scase | 32 | 21 Sep 1919 | 27 Feb 2003 | 83 | 1 | 1 | |
Guy Ransom | Guy Middleton | 45 | 14 Dec 1906 | 30 Jul 1973 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
Lindsell | H.S. Hills | 1 | 1 | |||||
Liz | Frances Rowe | 38 | 26 Jun 1913 | 31 Jul 1988 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
Molly Wheeler | Brenda de Banzie | 42 | 28 Jul 1909 | 5 Mar 1981 | 71 | 1 | 1 | |
Mrs Brock | Helene Burls | 70 | 7 Jul 1881 | 1 Sep 1967 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigel Stewart | Hugh Sinclair | 49 | 19 May 1903 | 29 Dec 1962 | 59 | 2 | 2 | |
Nigel's Junior | Norman Somers | 1 | 1 | |||||
Press Woman | Barbara Shaw | 1 | 1 | |||||
Raynor | John Warwick | 47 | 4 Jan 1905 | 10 Jan 1972 | 67 | 2 | 2 | |
Secretary | June Mitchell | 18 | 30 Jun 1933 | 2 Aug 2009 | 76 | 2 | 2 | |
The Judge | Bruce Belfrage | 50 | 30 Oct 1901 | 13 Aug 1974 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |
Vaughan | Arthur Howard | 42 | 18 Jan 1910 | 18 Jun 1995 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Whitcomb | Henry Edwards | 69 | 18 Sep 1882 | 2 Nov 1952 | 70 | 2 | 2 | |
Willie | Bill Shine | 40 | 20 Oct 1911 | 24 Jul 1997 | 85 | 2 | 2 | |
Uncredited | ||||||||
Court Reporter | Peter Jeffrey | 23 | 18 Apr 1929 | 25 Dec 1999 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Policeman in Charge Cells | Harry H. Corbett | 27 | 28 Feb 1925 | 21 Mar 1982 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
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