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
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 Credits |
Art Director | Andrew Mazzei | 64 | 2 Aug 1887 | 6 Aug 1975 | 88 | 1 |
Assistant Director | Jimmy Sangster | 24 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Camera Operator | Peter Bryan | 32 | 28 Sep 1919 | 1 Sep 1972 | 52 | 22 |
Casting | Michael Carreras | 24 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 |
Directed by | Terence Fisher | 47 | 23 Feb 1904 | 18 Jun 1980 | 76 | 31 |
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 48 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 34 |
Editor | James Needs | 32 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 110 |
Hair Stylist | Bill Griffiths | 52 | 8 Oct 1899 | 5 | ||
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 43 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 |
Musical Director | Malcolm Arnold | 30 | 21 Oct 1921 | 23 Sep 2006 | 84 | 3 |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds | 29 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
Production Manager | Arthur Barnes | 66 | 1886 | 1956 | 70 | 20 |
Recordist | Bill Salter | 1983 | 17 | |||
Screenplay by | John Gilling | 39 | 29 May 1912 | 22 Nov 1984 | 72 | 21 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Alexia | Kay Kendall | 25 | 21 May 1926 | 6 Sep 1959 | 33 | 2 |
Avril | Naomi Chance | 24 | 18 Sep 1927 | 18 Mar 2003 | 75 | 4 |
Blonde | June Ashley | 40 | 7 Oct 1911 | 1 Nov 2017 | 106 | 1 |
Blonde | June Mitchell | 18 | 30 Jun 1933 | 2 Aug 2009 | 76 | 2 |
Blonde | Natasha Sokolova | 34 | 1 Sep 1917 | 1969 | 51 | 1 |
Boyd Spencer | Arthur Lane | 41 | 11 Jun 1910 | 28 Apr 1987 | 76 | 2 |
Doctor | Douglas Muir | 47 | 5 Nov 1904 | 30 Nov 1966 | 62 | 1 |
Duty Officer | Nigel Neilson | 32 | 12 Dec 1919 | 2000 | 80 | 1 |
Jeannette (introducing) | Diane Cilento | 19 | 2 Apr 1932 | 6 Oct 2011 | 79 | 2 |
Maxwell | Colin Tapley | 42 | 7 May 1909 | 1 Dec 1995 | 86 | 3 |
Mrs C. Smith | Courtney Hope | 4 | ||||
Nick Talbot | Robert Beatty | 42 | 19 Oct 1909 | 3 Mar 1992 | 82 | 1 |
Nurse | Sheila Raynor | 45 | 15 Mar 1906 | 17 Feb 1998 | 91 | 2 |
O'Gorman | Laurie Taylor | 33 | 13 Jul 1918 | 6 Aug 2003 | 85 | 2 |
Receptionist | Kathleen Stuart | 26 | 9 Dec 1925 | 11 May 1972 | 46 | 1 |
Sam | Anthony Miles | 1 | ||||
Signal Operator | Darcy Conyers | 32 | 19 Jul 1919 | 1 Nov 1973 | 54 | 2 |
Snell | Harold Lang | 28 | 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 |
Talbot | Ian Fleming | 63 | 10 Sep 1888 | 1 Jan 1969 | 80 | 2 |
Truscott | Jack Allen | 44 | 23 Oct 1907 | 25 May 1995 | 87 | 1 |
Van | Zachary Scott | 37 | 21 Feb 1914 | 3 Oct 1965 | 51 | 1 |
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