Third Party Risk – 1955

Alternative titles: The Deadly Game; Big Deadly Game

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA) Alternative titles:- Deadly Game; Big Deadly Game
Copyright 1954 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England

Black & White 70 minutes

Storyline

On a brief trip to Spain, songwriter Philip Graham bumps into an old pal with whom he fought during the war and who is now in a rush to get to London to keep an important appointment. Unfortunately, he cannot retrieve an envelope from the hotel safe before he leaves, so he persuades Graham to follow him to the UK a few days later with his car and the envelope. Graham drives his friend to the airport, but on his way back to the hotel a kidnap attempt is made on him – clearly a case of mistaken identity. As arranged, he makes the trip to London, but there he finds his friend murdered in his room. Opening the envelope which he is convinced is at the heart of the mystery, Graham discovers that it contains microfilm detailing a new, and very secret, pharmaceutical process – and it seems that someone will stop at nothing to get hold of the film!

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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	54	26 Apr 1900	1970	69	22		22
Ast. Director	Jack Causey	41	1914	1977	63	6	1	7
Based on the novel by	Nicolas Bentley	47	14 Jun 1907	14 Aug 1978	71	1		1
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	Daniel Birt	47	23 Jun 1907	15 May 1955	47	2		2
Editor	James Needs	35	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hair Stylist	Eileen Bates					3		3
Make-up	Phil Leakey	46	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composer	Michael Krein	47	1908	1966	58	1		1
Photog.	Walter Harvey BSc	52	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	34		34
Producer	Robert Dunbar	40	6 Jun 1914	29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Production Manager	Jimmy Sangster	27	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Recordist	Sid Wiles	56	2 Feb 1899	Jul 1973	74	6		6
Screenplay	Daniel Birt	47	23 Jun 1907	15 May 1955	47	2		2
Screenplay	Robert Dunbar	40	6 Jun 1914	29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	46	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Sound Camera	Don Alton	41	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
Darius	Finlay Currie	77	20 Jan 1878		9 May 1968	90	1		1
Gonzales	Roger Delgado	37	1 Mar 1918		18 Jun 1973	55	4	1	5
Inspector Goldfinch	George Woodbridge	48	16 Feb 1907		31 Mar 1973	66	9	1	10
Lolita	Maureen Swanson	22	25 Nov 1932		16 Nov 2011	78	1		1
Man in tea shop	Russell Waters	46	10 Jun 1908		19 Aug 1982	74	4		4
Maxwell Carey	Ferdy Mayne	39	11 Mar 1916		30 Jan 1998	81	4		4
Mitzi	Simone Silva	26	15 Aug 1928		30 Nov 1957	29	1		1
Nancy	Mary Parker	25	30 Oct 1930		13 May 2023	92	1		1
Philip Graham	Lloyd Bridges	42	15 Jan 1913		10 Mar 1998	85	1		1
Rope-Soles	Seymour Green	42	9 Oct 1912		7 May 1998	85	1		1
Tony Rosco	Peter Dyneley	33	13 Apr 1921		19 Aug 1977	56	1		1
Uncredited
Girl	Jane Asher	8	5 Apr 1946	05.04.1946		77	1	2	3
Hotel Manager	Armand Guinie	60	1895					2	2
Lucy	Toots Pounds	57	17 Nov 1897		7 Jan 1976	78		2	2
Porter	Patrick Westwood	30	10 Dec 1924		21 Apr 2017	92		1	1
Sergeant Ramirez	Leslie Wright							2	2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 February 1954
UK RELEASE	4 April 1955
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England

Footnotes

American actor Lloyd Bridges, who died in 1998, was the father of actors Beau and Jeff Bridges. His own screen career started in the mid-forties and his films include many westerns, in particular the classic “High Noon” (1952). In the 1960s, he became a familiar face on television as the star of the long-running underwater adventure series “Sea Hunt”. In later years he turned his hand to zany comedy with roles in “Airplane!” (1980), “Airplane II the Sequel” (1982), “Hot Shots!” (1991) and “Hot Shots Part Deux” (1993).

A young Jane Asher appears uncredited here. She was also uncredited in The Quatermass Xperiment. Her only credit with Hammer was in “Somewhere in a Crowd” from the Journey to the Unknown TV series.

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