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	83
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	33
Editor	James Needs	32	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	111
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	1 Dec 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