Wings of Danger – 1952

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Adapted from the novel “Dead on Course” by Elleston Trevor and Packham Webb
Copyright MCMLII 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
Made at Riverside Studios
Black & White 73 minutes

Storyline

When airline pilot Nick Talbot disappears after a plane crash and is presumed dead, his friend Van decides to investigate. He finds Nick very much alive and heavily involved with a gang of smugglers…

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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	Andrew Mazzei	64	2 Aug 1887		6 Aug 1975	88	1		1
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
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	James Needs	32	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hair Stylist	Bill Griffiths	52	9 Oct 1899				5		5
Make-up	Phil Leakey	44	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Musical Director	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	John Gilling	39	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21		21
Uncredited
Chief Electrician	Jack Carter							1	1
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	31	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	20	1 Jun 1931	01.06.1931		92	17	10	27
Publicist	Bill Luckwell	38	1 Oct 1913		2 Feb 1967	53		1	1
Wardrobe	Ellen Trussler	31	1921	01.01.1921		102		1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Alexia	Kay Kendall	26	21 May 1926	6 Sep 1959	33	2		2
Avril	Naomi Chance	24	18 Sep 1927	18 Mar 2003	75	4		4
Blonde	Natasha Sokolova	34	1 Sep 1917	1969	51	1		1
Blonde	June Ashley	40	7 Oct 1911	Nov 2017	106	1		1
Blonde	June Mitchell	18	30 Jun 1933	2 Aug 2009	76	2		2
Boyd Spencer	Arthur Lane	41	11 Jun 1910	28 Apr 1987	76	2		2
Doctor	Douglas Muir	47	5 Nov 1904	30 Nov 1966	62	1		1
Duty Officer	Nigel Neilson	32	12 Dec 1919	2000	80	1		1
Jeannette	Diane Cilento	20	2 Apr 1932	6 Oct 2011	79	2		2
Maxwell	Colin Tapley	43	7 May 1909	1 Dec 1995	86	3		3
Mrs C. Smith	Courtney Hope	66	19 Dec 1886	17 Jan 1975	88	4		4
Nick Talbot	Robert Beatty	42	19 Oct 1909	3 Mar 1992	82	1		1
Nurse	Sheala Raynor	46	15 Mar 1906	17 Feb 1998	91	2		2
O'Gorman	Laurie Taylor	33	13 Jul 1918	6 Aug 2003	85	2	3	5
Receptionist	Kathleen Stuart	26	9 Dec 1925	11 May 1972	46	1		1
Sam	Anthony Miles					1	1	2
Signal Operator	Darcy Conyers	32	19 Jul 1919	Nov 1973	54	2		2
Snell	Harold Lang	29	1 Jan 1923	16 Nov 1970	47	8	1	9
Talbot	Ian Fleming	63	10 Sep 1888	1 Jan 1969	80	2		2
Truscott	Jack Allen	44	23 Oct 1907	25 May 1995	87	1		1
Van	Zachary Scott	38	21 Feb 1914	3 Oct 1965	51	1		1
Uncredited
Club Dancer	Pat Ryan	36	1916	1992	76		4	4
Club Dancer	John Wilder						2	2
First Flying Officer	James Steele						1	1
Louis, Club Waiter	Emille Stemmler	41	1911				6	6

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 September 1951
UK RELEASE	26 May 1952
STUDIO	Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England

Footnotes

Zachary Scott was the American brought over for this one. A star of many Westerns, he had also played the title role in “The Mask of Dimitrios” (1944).

Diane Cilento, introduced in this film, went on to marry Sean Connery and is the mother of his actor son, Jason.

Kay Kendall died at the age of 33 from myeloid leukemia.

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