Four Sided Triangle – 1953

Exclusive Films presentation
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
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
Produced at Exclusive Studios, Bray
Black & White 81 minutes

Storyline

Bill and Robin, helped by their childhood friend, Lena, develop a “reproducer” which can exactly duplicate any object. Bill, crushed when Lena marries Robin, convinces her to allow him to duplicate her, so that he may have a copy of her for himself. The experiment, at first deemed a success, seems to have worked only too well as the duplicate, Helen, is such an exact copy that she also loves Robin, not Bill. Bill hopes to rectify the situation with another radical experiment.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Adaptation	Paul Tabori	45	8 May 1908	9 Nov 1974	66	6	1	7
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	53	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22		22
Ast. Director	Bill Shore					5	2	7
Based on the novel by	William Temple	39	1914	1989	75	1		1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	37	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Conductor	Muir Mathieson	42	24 Jan 1911	2 Aug 1975	64	2	1	3
Continuity	Renee Glynne	26	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Dialogue Director	Nora Roberts			1 Mar 1968		5		5
Director	Terence Fisher	49	23 Feb 1904	18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photog.	Reginald Wyer BSc	51	30 Oct 1901	1970	68	1		1
Editor	Maurice Rootes	36	12 Apr 1917	17 Jun 1997	80	7		7
Hair Stylist	Nina Broe			1993		10		10
Make-up	Dick Bonner-Morris	42	1 Jan 1911	20 Sep 1964	53	4		4
Model Gowns	Jane Ironside					2	1	3
Music Composer	Malcolm Arnold	31	21 Oct 1921	23 Sep 2006	84	3	1	4
Producer	Michael Carreras	25	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Producer	Alexander Paal	43	18 May 1910	8 Nov 1972	62	4	1	5
Production Manager	Victor Wark	40	1 Apr 1913	4 Jan 1993	79	1		1
Screenplay	Terence Fisher	49	23 Feb 1904	18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Screenplay	Paul Tabori	45	8 May 1908	9 Nov 1974	66	6	1	7
Sound Recordist	Bill Salter			1983		17		17
Wedding scene dressed	Youngs Dress Hire					1		1
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	33	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	23	1930	2002	72		18	18
First Ast. Editor	Bill Lenny	25	1928	2002	74	10	2	12
Focus Puller	Manny Yospa	35	20 Jan 1918	21 Apr 2002	84		4	4
Second Ast. Director	Aida Young	32	11 Aug 1920	12 Aug 2007	87	8	6	14
Sound Camera Operator	Peter Matthews						3	3
Still Photog.	John Jay	32	14 Nov 1920	29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Third Ast. Director	Vernon Nolf	32	12 Sep 1920	30 Apr 2009	88		2	2

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Bill	Stephen Murray	40	6 Sep 1912		31 Mar 1983	70	1		1
Bill as a Child	Glyn Dearman	13	30 Dec 1939		30 Nov 1997	57	1		1
Dr. Harvey	James Hayter	46	23 Apr 1907		27 Mar 1983	75	3		3
Lady Grant	Edith Saville	59	6 May 1894		16 Feb 1987	92	1		1
Lena as a Child	Jennifer Dearman						1		1
Lena/Helen	Barbara Payton	25	16 Nov 1927		8 May 1967	39	2		2
Lord Grant	Kynaston Reeves	59	29 May 1893		5 Dec 1971	78	2		2
Robin	John Van Eyssen	31	19 Mar 1922		13 Nov 1995	73	4		4
Robin as a Child	Sean Barrett	13	4 May 1940	04.05.1940		82	1		1
Sir Walter	Percy Marmont	69	25 Nov 1883		3 Mar 1977	93	2		2
Solicitor	John Stuart	54	18 Jul 1898		17 Oct 1979	81	7	1	8

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 August 1952
UK RELEASE	25 May 1953
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Lulworth Cove, Weymouth, Dorset, England
	St. Michale's Church, Bray, Berkshire, England	Church exteriors

Footnotes

The film dealt with the moral and scientific themes (not to mention “mad lab” scenes) that were soon to put Hammer Films on the map with the same director’s “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957).

Four Sided Triangle has most in common with Fisher’s “Frankenstein Created Woman” (1967).

James Hayter (Dr. Harvey) and Stephen Murray (Bill) died only four days apart: on March 27, 1983 and March 31, 1983 respectively.

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