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	01.01.1926		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	01.01.1926		97	3	3	6
Second Ast. Director	Rene Dupont	25	10 Oct 1929	10.10.1929		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