Mask of Dust – 1954

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright MCMLIV by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person living or dead
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Black & White 79 minutes
Storyline
Peter Wells is an ambitious driver in the tough world of motor racing. But his dedication to his sport and his single-mindedness put his marriage at risk off the racetrack and his life at risk on it!



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 | 54 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | ||
Ast. Director | Jack Causey | 40 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 38 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 | 1 | 53 | |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 28 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 38 | 3 | 41 | |
Director | Terence Fisher | 50 | 23 Feb 1904 | 18 Jun 1980 | 76 | 31 | 31 | ||
Director of Photog. | Walter Harvey BSc | 51 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 34 | 34 | ||
Editor | Bill Lenny | 26 | 1928 | 2002 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
Executive Producer | Michael Carreras | 27 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 85 | |
From the novel by | John Manchip White | 30 | 23 Jun 1924 | 31 Jul 2013 | 89 | 2 | 2 | ||
Hairdresser | Monica Hustler | 28 | 1 Jan 1926 | 97 | 18 | 18 | |||
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 46 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 | 48 | ||
Music Composer | Leonard Salzedo | 33 | 24 Sep 1921 | 6 May 2000 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Musical Director | John Hollingsworth | 38 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 36 | 2 | 38 | |
Producer | Mickey Delamar | 46 | 1908 | 1971 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Production Manager | Jimmy Sangster | 27 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 | |
Screenplay | Richard Landau | 40 | 21 Feb 1914 | 18 Sep 1993 | 79 | 8 | 8 | ||
Sound Recording | Sid Wiles | 55 | 2 Feb 1899 | Jul 1973 | 74 | 6 | 6 | ||
Sound Recording | Ken Cameron | 39 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | Molly Arbuthnot | 46 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 4 | 52 | |
Uncredited | |||||||||
Focus Puller | Harry Oakes | 33 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | ||
Production Secretary | Doreen Soan | 28 | 1 Jan 1926 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
Second Ast. Director | Rene Dupont | 25 | 10 Oct 1929 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
Second Ast. Editor | Alfred Cox | 29 | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 25 | |
Sound Camera Operator | Don Alton | 40 | 1914 | 18 Jan 1987 | 73 | 9 | 9 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||
Alvarez | Tim Turner | 30 | 7 Sep 1924 | 1987 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bollario | Peter Illing | 55 | 4 Mar 1899 | 29 Oct 1966 | 67 | 2 | 2 | |
Commentator | Raymond Baxter | 32 | 25 Jan 1922 | 15 Sep 2006 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
Dallapiccola | George Coulouris | 51 | 1 Oct 1903 | 25 Apr 1989 | 85 | 2 | 2 | |
Gibson | Edwin Richfield | 33 | 11 Sep 1921 | 2 Aug 1990 | 68 | 10 | 10 | |
Guido | Alec Mango | 43 | 16 Mar 1911 | 7 Nov 1989 | 78 | 2 | 2 | |
Hans Brecht | Richard Marner | 33 | 27 Mar 1921 | 18 Mar 2004 | 82 | 1 | 1 | |
Himself | Stirling Moss | 25 | 17 Sep 1929 | 12 Apr 2020 | 90 | 1 | 1 | |
Himself | Reg Parnell | 43 | 2 Jul 1911 | 7 Jan 1964 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
Himself | Alan Brown | 1 | 1 | |||||
Himself | Geoffrey Taylor | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Himself | John Cooper | 31 | 17 Jul 1923 | 24 Dec 2000 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |
Himself | Leslie Marr | 32 | 14 Aug 1922 | 4 May 2021 | 98 | 1 | 1 | |
Johnny Jackson | James Copeland | 36 | 1 May 1918 | 17 Apr 2002 | 83 | 1 | 1 | |
Lawrence | Meredith Edwards | 37 | 10 Jun 1917 | 8 Feb 1999 | 81 | 3 | 3 | |
Martin | Jeremy Hawk | 36 | 20 May 1918 | 15 Jan 2002 | 83 | 2 | 2 | |
Pat Wells | Mari Aldon | 29 | 17 Nov 1925 | 31 Oct 2004 | 78 | 1 | 1 | |
Peter Wells | Richard Conte | 44 | 24 Mar 1910 | 15 Apr 1975 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |
Uncredited | ||||||||
Stunt Driver | Geoffrey Taylor | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 31 March 1954 | |
UK RELEASE | 27 December 1954 | |
STUDIO | Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England | |
LOCATION | Le Mans, Sarthe, France |
Footnotes
This film features appearances by several prominent motor racing personalities of the day, as well as Raymond Baxter, who became a famous face to millions as a presenter of BBC TV’s “Tomorrow’s World”.
Look for Richard Marner as Hans Brecht, who went on to find fame as Colonel von Strohm in BBC TV’s ‘Allo ‘Allo.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection