The Flanagan Boy – 1953

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.

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

New Symphony Orchestra
RCA Sound System
Black & White 81 minutes

Storyline

Sharkey and his mate Charlie run a boxing booth in a funfair, where a young merchant seaman named Johnny Flanagan impresses them with his skill in the ring. They persuade promoter Giuseppe Vecchi to back Johnny and soon he is on the way to the top of his sport. But disaster follows when he embarks on an affair with Vecchi’s beautiful, but scheming wife, an affair which ends in murder!

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Adaptation	Richard Landau	39	21 Feb 1914		18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Art Director	Wilfred Arnold	50	12 Feb 1903		9 Jun 1970	67	5		5
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	25	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Based on the novel by	Max Catto	46	29 Jul 1907		12 Mar 1992	84	1		1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	37	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Renee Glynne	27	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Dialogue Director	Patrick Jenkins						2	1	3
Director	Reginald le Borg	50	11 Dec 1902		25 Mar 1989	86	1		1
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	50	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	33	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hairdresser	Nina Broe				1993		10		10
Make-up	Phil Leakey	45	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composed & Conducted by	Ivor Slaney	32	27 May 1921		20 Mar 1998	76	11	1	12
Producer	Anthony Hinds	31	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	John (Pinky) Green	44	14 Feb 1909		Jul 1978	69	7		7
Recordist	Bill Salter				1983		17		17
Screenplay	Guy Elmes	33	22 Jul 1920		Dec 1998	78	1		1
Uncredited
Ast. Boom Operator	Ray Hole							2	2
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	34	1 Oct 1919		1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	23	1930		2002	72		18	18
Dialogue Director	Patrick Jenkins						2	1	3
First Ast. Editor	Henry Richardson	17	13 Jan 1936		31 Jul 2017	81	4	7	11
Focus Puller	Manny Yospa	35	20 Jan 1918		21 Apr 2002	84		4	4
Second Ast. Director	Aida Young	33	11 Aug 1920		12 Aug 2007	87	8	6	14
Sound Camera Operator	Peter Matthews							3	3
Sound Re-recotdist	Peter Davies	30	30 Jul 1923		4 Aug 2009	86		1	1
Still Photog.	John Jay	32	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Third Ast. Director	Tom Sachs	24	10 Apr 1929	10.04.1929		94	8	1	9

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Barmaid	Bettina Dickson	32	22 Dec 1920	23 Oct 1994	73	1	1	2
Charlie	John Slater	37	22 Aug 1916	9 Jan 1975	58	1		1
Giuseppe Vecchi	Frederick Valk	58	10 Jun 1895	23 Jul 1956	61	1		1
Johnny Flanagan	Tony Wright	27	10 Dec 1925	7 Jun 1989	63	1		1
Lorna	Barbara Payton	25	16 Nov 1927	8 May 1967	39	2		2
Mr Corelli	Enzo Coticchia					2		2
Mrs Corelli	Selma Vaz-Dias	41	23 Nov 1911	30 Aug 1977	65	1		1
Mrs Vecchi	Marie Burke	58	18 Oct 1894	21 Mar 1988	93	3	1	4
Police Inspector	George Woodbridge	46	16 Feb 1907	31 Mar 1973	66	9	1	10
Sharkey	Sidney James	40	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7		7
Uncredited
Audience Member with Thick Glasses	Ian Wilson	52	2 Jul 1901	Dec 1987	86	4	4	8
Barmaid	Bettina Dickson	32	22 Dec 1920	23 Oct 1994	73	1	1	2
Barnes	John Brooking	41	29 Jan 1912	19 May 1966	54		1	1
Black Fighter	Roy Cattouse	32	15 Jun 1921	1996	74		1	1
Booth Audience Member	Eddie Boyce						1	1
Booth Man	Bob Simmons	31	31 Mar 1922	21 Oct 1987	65	2	1	3
Booth Man	Chris Adcock	31	7 Apr 1922	1 Jan 1998	75		4	4
Boxing Booth Audience Mamber	Charles Rayford			1999			2	2
Boxing Booth Audience Member	Barry Johns	26	4 Jan 1927	5 Feb 2008	81		1	1
Boxing Booth Barker	Jim O'Brady	46	13 May 1907	1 Jan 1991	83		18	18
Boxing Match Sedond	Jack Sharp						4	4
Boxing Match Spectator	Fred Davis	17	1 Sep 1936	26 Oct 1988	52		4	4
Boxing Match Spectator	Jack Armstrong					1	6	7
Boxing Spectator	Billy Wilmot						1	1
Clumsy Dancer	Fred Machon						3	3
Dancing Restaurant Patron	Charles Hammond						4	4
Kossov’s Second	Ralph Moss						1	1
Lou Kossov	Joe Quigley						1	1
Pub Patron	Jimmy Charters						7	7
Tattooed Fighter	Tom Clegg	18	16 Oct 1934	25 Jul 2016	81	2	1	3

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 November 1952
UK RELEASE	12 October 1953
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Hollywood director Reginald Le Borg’s previous credits include the 1943 Universal horror film “The Mummy’s Ghost”, starring Lon Chaney, Jr.

Character actor George Woodbridge appears as a police inspector in this film. His Cornish accents have infiltrated most of Europe for Hammer over the years, for instance the Carpathians in “Dracula” (1958) and “Dracula – Prince of Darkness” (1966), Germany in “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958), Spain in “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961) and even Cornwall in “The Reptile” (1966)!

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