Stolen Face – 1952

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Based on an original story by Alexander Paal and Steven Vas
Copyright 1952 by Exclusive Films Ltd.

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

RCA Sound System
London Philarmonic Orchestra
Produced at Riverside Studios
Black & White 72 minutes

Storyline

Skilled plastic surgeon Phillip Ritter meets and falls in love with concert pianist Alice Brent, but he is devastated when she refuses his offer of marriage and goes away on a concert tour. Determined to recreate her beautiful image, he seeks out a badly scarred prisoner, Lilly, operates on her and marries her. Now he has Alice back, but he cannot change the criminal character behind the mask…

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Wilfred Arnold	49	12 Feb 1903	9 Jun 1970	67	5		5
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 Director	Nora Roberts			1 Mar 1968		5		5
Director	Terence Fisher	48	23 Feb 1904	18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	49	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	34		34
Editor	Maurice Rootes	35	12 Apr 1917	17 Jun 1997	80	7		7
Hair Stylist	Bill Griffiths	52	9 Oct 1899			5		5
Lizabeth Scott's Wardrobe	Edith Head	54	28 Oct 1897	24 Oct 1981	83	1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	44	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music	Malcolm Arnold	30	21 Oct 1921	23 Sep 2006	84	3	1	4
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	Bill Salter			1983		17		17
Screenplay	Richard Landau	38	21 Feb 1914	18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Screenplay	Martin Berkeley	47	21 Aug 1904	6 May 1979	74	1		1
Solo Pianist	Bronwyn Jones					1		1
Speciality Numbers	Jack Parnell	28	6 Aug 1923	8 Aug 2010	87	1	1	2
Uncredited
Assembly Editor	Bill Lenny	24	1928	2002	74	10	2	12
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	32	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	22	1930	2002	72		18	18
Continuity	Renee Glynne	25	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Draughtsman	Alec Gray						1	1
Drummer in Jazz Club	Jack Parnell	28	6 Aug 1923	8 Aug 2010	87	1	1	2
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	21	1 Jun 1931		91	17	10	27
Scond Ast. Director	Bill Shore					5	2	7
Sound Camera Operator	Gordon Everett	29	1923	1991	68		5	5
Still Photog.	John Jay	31	14 Nov 1920	29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Third Ast. Director	Len Lee						1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Farmer	Howard Douglas	56	12 Jan 1896		1973	76	1	1	2
2nd Farmer	Robert Brooks-Turner	69	28 Aug 1882		1963	80	1	2	3
Alf	Cyril Smith	60	4 Apr 1892		5 Mar 1963	70	2		2
Alice Brent/Lilly	Lizabeth Scott	29	29 Sep 1922		31 Jan 2015	92	1		1
Betty	Susan Stephen	20	16 Jul 1931		24 Apr 2000	68	2		2
Charles Emmett	John Bull						1		1
Cutler	Russell Napier	41	28 Nov 1910		19 Aug 1964	53	5	1	6
David	Andre Morell	42	20 Aug 1909		28 Nov 1978	69	9		9
Dr Jack Wilson	John Wood	42	11 Nov 1909		1 Mar 1965	55	1		1
Dr Philip Ritter	Paul Henreid	44	10 Jan 1908		29 Mar 1992	84	2		2
Dr Russell	Arnold Ridley	56	7 Jan 1896		12 Mar 1984	88	1		1
Floor Walker	William Murray						1		1
Lady Harringay	Everley Gregg	51	26 Oct 1900		9 Jun 1959	58	1		1
Lilly	Mary Mackenzie	30	3 May 1922		20 Sep 1966	44	2		2
Maggie	Janet Burnell	42	4 Sep 1909		13 Jun 1999	89	1		1
Maid	Anna Turner	34	6 May 1918		29 Mar 2014	95	2		2
May	Diana Beaumont	43	8 May 1909		21 Jun 1964	55	1		1
Miss Patton	Ambrosine Phillpots	39	13 Sep 1912		12 Oct 1980	68	1		1
Miss Simpson	Dorothy Bramhall	40	14 Jul 1911		Aug 2004	93	1		1
Mrs Emmett	Alexis France	46	19 Aug 1905		25 Jun 1988	82	1		1
Nurse	Grace Gavin	51	22 Aug 1900		24 Sep 1955	55	1		1
Pete	Terence O'Regan	24	1 Jul 1927		24 Jan 1981	53	1		1
Photog.	Hal Osmond	49	27 May 1903		Dec 1959	56	4		4
Railway Guard	John Warren	35	13 Nov 1916		1977	60	4	1	5
Sailor	James Valentine	22	18 Feb 1930	18.02.1930		93	1		1
Soldier	Philip Vickers	32	27 Sep 1919		16 Jun 2003	83	1		1
Wentworth	Richard Wattis	40	25 Feb 1912		1 Feb 1975	62	6		6
Uncredited
2nd Commercial Traveller	Frank Hawkins	45	18 Mar 1907		1995	87	1	1	2
3rd Farmer	Bartlett Mullins	47	13 Aug 1904		15 May 1992	87	2	3	5
Disgusted Train Passenger	Fletcher Lightfoot	68	14 Oct 1883		24 Feb 1969	85		1	1
Inn Patron	Frank Schock							2	2
Jazz Club Patron	Jack Arrow							3	3
Jazz Club Patron	John Lynn							3	3
Saxophonist in Jazz Club	Ronnie Scott	25	28 Jan 1927		23 Dec 1996	69		1	1
With	Ben Williams	59	6 Oct 1892		Dec 1960	68	1	3	4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	22 October 1951
UK RELEASE	23 June 1952
STUDIO	Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England
LOCATION	HM Prison Holloway, Parkhurst Road, London, England	Dr Ritter drives up to the prison to perform the plastic surgery

Footnotes

Hollywood actor Paul Henreid’s most famous role is probably as the third side of the triangle, alongside Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, in the all-time classic movie “Casablanca” (1942).
In 1964, he directed Bette Davis in the thriller “Dead Ringer” (aka “Dead Image”).

Arnold Ridley, who plays Dr Russell in this film, later gained greater fame as the elderly Private Godfrey in the BBC TV sit-com “Dad’s Army”. He also wrote the successful stage play “The Ghost Train”.

Andre Morell was a highly respected actor who worked for Hammer on a number of occasions. His other films for the Company include “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1958), “Cash on Demand” (1961), “She” (1965), “The Plague of the Zombies” (1966), “The Mummy’s Shroud” (1966) and “The Vengeance of She” (1967).

Edith Head was one of the top film Costume Designers. Her name appears in countless credits and she won eight Oscars – for “The Heiress” (1949), “All About Eve” (1950, b&w), “Samson and Delilah” (1950, colour), “A Place in the Sun” (1951), “Roman Holiday” (1953), “Sabrina” (1954), “The Facts of Life” (1960) and “The Sting” (1972).

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