Dick Turpin, Highwayman – 1956

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Eastmancolour by Humphries
25 mins featurette
A Hammerscope production

Storyline

Opening titles:- “Early in the eighteenth century, the roads of England were plagued with highwaymen. Most of them coarse bandits, fit subjects for the hangman. But a few were gentlemen – bold, gallant adventurers, with an eye for a fine horse or a pretty girl. Of these the most legendary was the immortal Dick Turpin.”

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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	Ted Marshall					1		1
Director	David Paltenghi	37	20 Jul 1919	4 Feb 1961	41	1		1
Director of Photography	Stephen Dade BSc	47	13 Aug 1909	1975	65	1		1
Editor	James Needs	37	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Music	Eric Winstone	41	1 Jan 1915	2 May 1974	59	3		3
Producer	Michael Carreras	28	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Production Manager	Jimmy Sangster	29	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Screenplay	Joel Murcott	41	28 Mar 1915	16 Feb 1978	62	1		1
Song “The Highwayman”	Dennis Hale	34	24 May 1922	10 Sep 1969	47	1		1
Uncredited
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	35	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Production Assistant	Tadeo Villalba	21	9 May 1935	20 Dec 2009	74		1	1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
000000	Click a Link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Dick Turpin	Philip Friend	41	20 Feb 1915	1 Sep 1987	72	2		2
Genevieve	Diane Hart	30	20 Jul 1926	7 Feb 2002	75	1		1
Hawkins	Raymond Rollett	49	9 Mar 1907	19 Dec 1961	54	1	1	2
Jonathan Redgrove	Allan Cuthbertson	36	7 Apr 1920	8 Feb 1988	67	3		3
Liz	Gabrielle May					1		1
Mac	Hal Osmond	53	27 May 1903	Dec 1959	56	4		4
Rooks	Norman Mitchell	38	27 Aug 1918	19 Mar 2001	82	7		7
Uncredited
Coachman	George Mossman	48	9 Sep 1908	Sep 1993	84		1	1
Ruffian	Barry de Boulay						2	2
Ruffian	Ivor Colin						1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 October 1955
UK RELEASE	12 December 1956
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Actor Philip Friend’s only other appearance for Hammer was in another featurette, “Danger List” (1957).

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