The Gambler and the Lady – 1953

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
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
Black & White 74 minutes

Storyline

Casino owner Jim Forster upsets the local mob when he moves into the London gambling scene. At the same time, he longs to be accepted by the English upper classes and even takes lessons in etiquette to improve the impression he gives them, unaware that they are laughing at him behind his back. A square peg in a round hole, he manages to upset everyone and soon he is in danger of losing his friends, his money – and his life!

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	J. Elder Wills	52	26 Apr 1900		1970	69	22		22
Ast. Director	Ted Holliday						1		1
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	35	13 Nov 1917		17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Casting	Michael Carreras	25	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Conductor	Marcus Dods	34	19 Apr 1918		30 Apr 1984	66	4		4
Continuity	Renee Glynne	26	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Patrick Jenkins						2	1	3
Director	Sam Newfield	52	6 Dec 1899		10 Nov 1964		2	1	3
Director of Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	49	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	Maurice Rootes	35	12 Apr 1917		17 Jun 1997	80	7		7
Hair Stylist	Pauline Trent						2		2
Make-up	Phil Leakey	44	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composer	Ivor Slaney	31	27 May 1921		20 Mar 1998	76	11	1	12
Producer	Anthony Hinds	30	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	John (Pinky) Green	43	14 Feb 1909		Jul 1978	69	7		7
Recordist	Bill Salter				1983		17		17
Uncredited
Additional Music	Dennis Wilson	32	16 Feb 1920		15 Jul 1989	69		1	1
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	33	1 Oct 1919		1996	76		21	21
Clapper Loader	Tom Friswell	23	1930		2002	72		18	18
First Ast. Director	Phil Rigal							1	1
Focus Puller	Manny Yospa	35	20 Jan 1918		21 Apr 2002	84		4	4
Focus Puller	Charles French							1	1
Second Ast. Director	Bill Herlihy	32	20 Aug 1920	20.08.1920		102		1	1
Still Photog.	John Jay	32	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Writer	Sam Newfield	52	6 Dec 1899		10 Nov 1964		2	1	3

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Angelo Colonna	Enzo Coticchia						2		2
Arturo Colonna	Eric Pohlmann	39	18 Jul 1913		25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Boxing Promoter	Felix Felton	41	12 Aug 1911		21 Oct 1972	61	1	1	2
Davies	Meredith Edwards	35	10 Jun 1917		8 Feb 1999	81	3		3
Farning	Anthony Ireland	50	4 Feb 1902		4 Dec 1957	55	2		2
Fred	Hal Osmond	49	27 May 1903		Dec 1959	56	4		4
Jaco Spina	George Pastell	29	13 Mar 1923		4 Apr 1976	53	5	1	6
Janey Greer	Jane Griffiths	23	16 Oct 1929		11 Jun 1975	45	1		1
Jim Forster	Dane Clark	40	18 Feb 1912		11 Sep 1998	86	3		3
Licasi	Julian Somers	49	12 Nov 1903		11 Nov 1976	72	1		1
Lord Hortland	Percy Marmont	69	25 Nov 1883		3 Mar 1977	93	2		2
Louis	Richard Shaw	32	19 Nov 1920		11 Apr 2010	89	1		1
Maxie	Max Bacon	46	1 Mar 1906		3 Dec 1969	63	1		1
Miss Minter	Mona Washbourne	49	27 Nov 1903		15 Nov 1988	84	2		2
Pat	Kathleen Byron	32	11 Jan 1921		18 Jan 2009	88	3		3
Peter Willens	Anthony Forwood	37	3 Oct 1915		18 May 1988	72	6		6
Sam	Thomas Gallagher	55	1 Jan 1898		28 Oct 1967	69	2		2
Susan Willens	Naomi Chance	25	18 Sep 1927		18 Mar 2003	75	4		4
The Boxer	Eric Boon	33	31 Dec 1919		16 Jan 1981	61	1		1
Tony	Martin Benson	34	10 Aug 1918		28 Feb 2010	91	4		4
Uncredited
Captain Fisher	Paul Beradi							1	1
Collona’s Henchman	Fred Davis	16	1 Sep 1936		26 Oct 1988	52		4	4
Dancer	Harold Sanderson	36	1917					3	3
Dancer	Richard Duke						1	1	2
Dancer	Mabel Etherington							2	2
Dancer	Norman Fisher							2	2
El Greco	Andre Mikhelson						1	1	2
Engles	Robert Adair	53	3 Jan 1900		10 Aug 1954	54	1	1	2
Gambler	Victor Hagan	62	13 Jul 1890		26 Feb 1977	86		2	2
Gambler	David Keir	68	7 Feb 1884		30 Oct 1971	87	2	1	3
John - Maitre D'	Charles Hammond							4	4
John - Waiter	Robert Brown	31	23 Jul 1921		11 Nov 2003	82	6	1	7
Maxie’s Barn Patron	Jim Tyson	40	2 Sep 1912		9 Sep 1974	62		1	1
Prince Monolulu (self)	Prince Momolulu	71	26 Oct 1881		14 Feb 1965	83		1	1
Roger Bowen	Peter Hutton	31	8 Apr 1921		12 Jan 1967	45		1	1
Shadow	Laurie Taylor	34	13 Jul 1918		6 Aug 2003	85	2	3	5
The Croupier	Paul Sheridan	55	10 Sep 1897		16 Apr 1973	75		1	1
The Tart	Irissa Cooper	24	5 Sep 1928	05.09.1928		94		1	1
Tic Tac Man	George Hilsdon	45	25 Apr 1907		28 May 1982	75		7	7
Waiter	Mark Singleton	33	2 Mar 1919		24 Jul 1986	67		2	2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 March 1952
UK RELEASE	26 January 1953
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Strangely, this film bears no credits at all for the screenwriter or source of material. A Director credit for Sam Newfield was added to the US version, and he is also believed to be the writer.
American actor Dane Clark starred in two more Hammer films – “Murder by Proxy (1953) and “Five Days” (1954).

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