Clean Sweep – 1958

A Hammer production
RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 29 mins featurette

Storyline

Housewife Vera Watson nags her husband, George, for wasting money on gambling on the horses. He promises to give it up, but, when he and his neighbour Ted win a horse in the Irish Sweepstakes, the temptation to have one last bet is too great. Now, the only problem he has is to make sure that Vera does not find out…..

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
1st Ast. Director	Robert Lynn	39	9 Jun 1918	15 Jan 1982	63	7		7
Art Director	Ted Marshall					1		1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	42	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Kay Mander	42	28 Sep 1915	29 Dec 2013	98	2		2
Director	Maclean Rogers	58	13 Jul 1899	4 Jan 1962	62	1		1
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	43	1915	1972	56	30		30
Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1925	2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	30	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Hairdresser	Henry Montsash	52	17 Sep 1905	29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up	Phil Leakey	50	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composed and Directed by	Edwin Astley	36	12 Apr 1922	19 May 1998	76	3		3
Producer	Anthony Hinds	35	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Don Weeks	53	15 Nov 1904	Mar 1988	83	30		30
Screenplay	Patrick Brawn	39	2 Mar 1919	3 Aug 1980	61	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1 Jan 1905	8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Supervising Editor	James Needs	38	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	49	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Uncredited
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	37	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91		53	53

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
							Credited	Uncredited	Total
Additional Dialogue	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	2		2
Bookmaker	Bill Fraser	49	5 Jun 1908		5 Sep 1987	79	4		4
Daphne Watson	Vera Day	22	4 Aug 1935	04.08.1935		87	4		4
Dick Watson	Ian Whittaker	30	1 Jan 1928		16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
George Watson	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	2		2
Ted	Wallas Eaton	41	18 Feb 1917		3 Nov 1995	78	1		1
Vera Watson	Thora Hird	46	28 May 1911		15 Mar 2003	91	4		4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	11 March 1957
UK RELEASE	28 May 1958
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

Comic actor Eric Barker was a regular face in the early “Carry on” films. His last appearance for Hammer was in “That’s Your Funeral” (1972).

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