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 | 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 | 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