The Last Page – 1952

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
From the play “Last Page” by James Hadley Chase

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

RCA Sound System
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
Black & White 84 minutes

Storyline

Bookshop manager John Harman lands in trouble when, while working late at night with one of the shop assistants, Ruby, her blouse is accidentally torn on a filing cabinet. Ruby is talked into making more of the incident by the caddish Jeff Hart and attempts to blackmail her boss. But things go terribly wrong when Ruby is killed by Hart, and John, now suspected of the murder, goes on the run…

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click 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 Director	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	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	Anne Box					5		5
Make-up	Phil Leakey	44	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	Bill Salter			1983		17		17
Screenplay	Frederick Knott	35	28 Aug 1916	17 Dec 2002	86	1		1
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	32	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	22	1930	2002	72		18	18
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	31	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Sound Camera Operator	Gordon Everett	29	1923	1991	68		5	5

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Clive	Raymond Huntley	48	23 Apr 1904	15 Jun 1990	86	3		3
Elderly Customer	Lawrence O'Madden	47	1905	1972	66	1		1
Inspector Dale	Meredith Edwards	34	10 Jun 1917	8 Feb 1999	81	3		3
Jeff Hart	Peter Reynolds	30	16 Aug 1921	21 Apr 1975	53	1	1	2
Joe	Harry Fowler	25	10 Dec 1926	4 Jan 2012	85	3		3
John Harman	George Brent	48	15 Mar 1904	26 May 1979	75	1		1
Lang	Lawrence Ward	23	15 Jan 1929	17 Apr 2011	82	1		1
Mary	Eleanor Bryan	25	1 Jan 1927	6 Jan 2019	92	2		2
May Harman	Isabel Dean	33	29 May 1918	27 Jul 1997	79	1		1
Miss Rosetti	Nelly Arno	59	15 Jul 1892	Sep 1966	74	1		1
Mr Bruce	Leslie Weston	55	24 Jul 1896	13 Oct 1975	79	1		1
Mr Quince	David Keir	68	7 Feb 1884	30 Oct 1971	87	2	1	3
P.C. Gibbons	Archie Duncan	37	26 May 1914	24 Jul 1979	65	1	1	2
Receptionist	Jack Faint					1		1
Ruby	Diana Dors	20	23 Oct 1931	4 May 1984	52	3		3
Second Customer	Ian Wilson	50	2 Jul 1901	Dec 1987	86	4	4	8
Stella	Marguerite Chapman	34	9 Mar 1918	31 Aug 1999	81	1		1
The Tobacconist	John Mann					1		1
Todd	Conrad Phillips	27	13 Apr 1925	13 Jan 2016	90	4		4
Vi	Eleanor Summerfield	31	7 Mar 1921	13 Jul 2001	80	3		3
Waiter	Harold Goodwin	34	22 Oct 1917	3 Jun 2004	86	5	2	7
Woman Customer	Courtney Hope	66	19 Dec 1886	17 Jan 1975	88	4		4
Uncredited
Bank Clerk	Sybil Saxon						1	1
Blue Club Barman	Martin Lyder	29	30 Sep 1922	12 Jan 2003	80		4	4
Blue Club Patron	Pat Ryan	36	1916	1992	76		4	4
Bookshop Customer	Charles Hammond						4	4
Tobacconist Customer	Victor Hagan	61	13 Jul 1890	26 Feb 1977	86		2	2
Vi’s Date	Jim O'Brady	45	13 May 1907	1 Jan 1991	83		18	18

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 Jun 1951
UK RELEASE	19 May 1952
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Terance Fisher, Hammer’s most highly regarded Director, makes his debut with the Company here.

With the support of Lippert, Hammer now began to bring over established Hollywood stars to boost the appeal of their films in the US. George Brent, who was in fact a British subject, was the first of these. He had appeared in the classic musical “42nd Street” (1933), as well as in “The Rich Are Always With Us” (1932) and “Dark Victory” (1939). His co-star in the latter two was Bette Davis, who herself would later work for Hammer in “The Nanny” (1965) and “The Anniversary” (1968).

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