Women Without Men -1956

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 68 mins

Storyline

Convict Angie Booth is desperate. Before being sentenced, she made a tryst with her merchant seaman lover Nick to meet him at a set time and place. When her request for temporary parole is turned down by the prison governor, she plans to escape along with a group of other inmates.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Assistant Director	Bill Shore						5
Camera Operator	Len Harris	39	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52
Directed by	Elmo Williams	42	30 Apr 1913		25 Nov 2015	102	1
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	52	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	33
Editor	James Needs	36	17 Oct 1919		2003	83	111
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	30	1926	01.01.1926		95	18
Lyric by	Lorraine Williams						1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	47	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48
Music Composed by	Leonard Salzedo	34	24 Sep 1921		6 May 2000	78	7
Musical Director	John Hollingsworth	39	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36
Original Story	Richard Landau	41	21 Feb 1914		18 Sep 1993	79	8
Produced by	Anthony Hinds	33	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84
Production Manager	Jimmy Sangster	28	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65
Song “Long Ago Guy” by	Douglas Gamley	31	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	3
Sound	Bill Sweeney						2
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	47	19 Dec 1908		1 Nov 2001	92	48

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Angie Booth	Beverley Michaels	27	28 Dec 1928	9 Jun 2007	78	1
Bargee	Michael Golden	42	15 Aug 1913	1983	69	3
Bates	Sheila Burrell	33	9 May 1922	19 Jul 2011	89	5
Bessie	Avril Angers	37	18 Apr 1918	8 Nov 2005	87	1
Chief Marton Evans	Betty Cooper	45	1 May 1910	3 Feb 1979	68	3
Cleo	Joan Rice	25	3 Feb 1930	1 Jan 1997	66	2
Daniels	Maurice Kaufmann	28	29 Jun 1927	21 Sep 1997	70	4
Grace	Hermione Baddeley	49	13 Nov 1906	19 Aug 1986	79	2
Granny	Thora Hird	44	28 May 1911	15 Mar 2003	91	4
Hackett	Olwen Brookes	54	26 Nov 1901	17 Sep 1976	74	1
Julian	Ralph Michael	48	26 Sep 1907	9 Nov 1994	87	1
Lindbergh	Bill Shine	44	20 Oct 1911	24 Jul 1997	85	2
Marguerite	April Olrich	22	17 Jul 1933	15 Apr 2014	80	1
Nick	Paul Carpenter	34	8 Dec 1921	12 Jun 1964	42	5
Percy	Gordon Jackson	32	19 Dec 1923	15 Jan 1990	66	3
Pierre	Eugene Deckers	42	22 Oct 1913	1977	63	2
Prison Chaplin	John Welsh	41	7 Nov 1914	21 Apr 1985	70	5
Prison Governess	Valerie White	40	26 Dec 1915	3 Dec 1975	59	1
Warder	David Lodge	34	19 Aug 1921	18 Oct 2003	82	10

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 January 1955
UK RELEASE	14 June 1956
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

American director Elmo Williams was much better known as a Film Editor. He also co-produced the 1962 epic about the D-Day landings, “The Longest Day”.

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