The Revenge of Frankenstein – 1958

A Hammer film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII Cadogan films Ltd – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 19011
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Technicolor 89 mins

Storyline

Opening titles:- “In the year 1860, Baron Frankenstein was condemned to death for the brutal murders committed by the monster he had created…. The whole continent breathed a sigh of relief when the guillotine was called upon to end his life of infamy.” But, it is not to be.
Having made a deal with the dwarf assisting at his execution, Frankenstein escapes death and a priest is beheaded in his place. The Baron changes his name and, to the displeasure of the local medical council, sets up practice in the town of Carlsbruck. He has still to keep his promise to give the dwarf a new body, so his secret experiments continue, now with the help of Dr Hans Kleve, who has discovered his true identity.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Additional Dialogue	Hurford Janes	49	8 Jun 1909		Mar 2000	90	1		1
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keys	47	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	41		41
Ast. Director	Robert Lynn	40	9 Jun 1918		15 Jan 1982	63	7		7
Camera Operator	Len Harris	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	29	20 Nov 1928		3 Feb 1992	63	13		13
Director	Terence Fisher	54	23 Feb 1904		18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photog.	Jack Asher BSc	42	29 Mar 1916		Apr 1991	75	14		14
Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1 Jan 1925		2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	30	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85
Hair Stylist	Henry Montsash	53	17 Sep 1905		29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up	Phil Leakey	50	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music	Leonard Salzedo	37	24 Sep 1921		6 May 2000	78	7	1	8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	36	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Designer	Bernard Robinson	46	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	46	3	49
Production Manager	Don Weeks	54	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Supervising Editor	James Needs	39	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe	Rosemary Burrows						36	5	41
Writer	Jimmy Sangster	30	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Uncredited
Ast. Art Director	Don Mingaye	29	1 Jan 1929		8 Nov 2017	88	26	14	40
Ast. Boom Operator	Alex Caver-Hill	20	17 Aug 1938	17.08.1938		84		1	1
Boom Operator	Jim Perry							8	8
Camera Grip	Albert Cowlard	35	1923	01.01.1923		100		10	10
Cashier	Ken Gordon						1	7	8
Casting	Dorothy Holloway	60	7 Mar 1898		1972	73	1	5	6
Chief Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Chimp Trainer	Molly Badham	44	18 May 1914		19 Oct 2007	93		1	1
Clapper Loader	Anthony Powell							2	2
Conductor	Muir Mathieson	47	24 Jan 1911		2 Aug 1975	64	2	1	3
Construction Manager	Michael Lyons							10	10
First Ast. Editor	Peter Todd							4	4
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	37	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Master Carpenter	Charles Davis							8	8
Master Painter	Lawrence Wren							11	11
Master Plasterer	Arthur Banks						18	29	47
Music Supervisor	John Hollingsworth	42	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Production Secretary	Pat Green	30	29 Oct 1928	29.10.1928		94		3	3
Property Master	Tom Money	41	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Props Buyer	Eric Hillier	38	1920		1975	55		16	16
Publicist	Colin Reid							6	6
Second Ast. Director	Tom Walls	46	31 May 1912		28 Nov 1992	80	1	9	10
Second Ast. Editor	Alan Corder	31	5 Jan 1927		2007	79		2	2
Sound Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1 Jan 1925		1 Jan 2005	80	21	4	25
Still Photog.	Tom Edwards				1999			26	26
Studio Manager	Arthur Kelly							3	3
Third Ast. Director	Hugh Harlow	19	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		83	3	28	31

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Baron Frankenstein	Peter Cushing	45	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	24	1	25
Bergman	John Welsh	44	7 Nov 1914		21 Apr 1985	70	5		5
Boy	Ian Whittaker	30	1 Jan 1928		16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
Countess Barscynska	Margery Gresley	49	22 Oct 1909		3 Apr 1988	78	1		1
Dr Hans Kleve	Francis Matthews	31	2 Sep 1927		14 Jun 2014	86	4		4
Fritz	Lionel Jeffries	32	10 Jun 1926		19 Feb 2010	83	5		5
Girl	Avril Leslie	21	1 Jan 1937	01.01.1937		85	1		1
Inspector	John Stuart	60	18 Jul 1898		17 Oct 1979	81	7	1	8
Janitor	George Woodbridge	51	16 Feb 1907		31 Mar 1973	66	9	1	10
Karl	Oscar Quitak	32	10 Mar 1926	10.03.1926		96	1		1
Kurt	Michael Ripper	45	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Margaret	Eunice Gayson	30	17 Mar 1928		8 Jun 2018	90	2		2
Molke	Arnold Diamond	43	18 Apr 1915		18 Mar 1992	76	4	2	6
President	Charles Lloyd-Pack	56	10 Oct 1902		22 Dec 1983	81	8		8
The Creature	Michael Gwynn	41	30 Nov 1916		29 Jan 1976	59	4		4
Up Patient	Richard Wordsworth	43	19 Jan 1915		21 Nov 1993	78	4		4
Vera Barscynska	Anna Walmsley						1		1
Uncredited
Dirty Old Patient	George Hirste	71	16 Mar 1887		11 Jul 1966	79		1	1
Footman	John Gayford	25	10 Feb 1933		9 Jul 2021	88		1	1
Inga	Julia Nelson	34	3 Nov 1924		3 Nov 2010	85		1	1
Joseph	Robert Brooks-Turner	76	28 Aug 1882		1963	80	1	2	3
Kleine	Eugene Leahy	75	14 Mar 1883		25 Feb 1967	83		2	2
Legless Patient	Gerald Lawson	61	30 Apr 1897		6 Dec 1973	76	2	1	3
Male Nurse	Gordon Boyd	35	26 Dec 1922		8 Oct 2008	85		1	1
Manservant	John Tatham	47	29 Jul 1911		Dec 1996	85	1	8	9
Music Recital Attendee	Ernest Blyth							11	11
Offical at Exhumation	Raymond Hodge	37	22 Feb 1921		5 Feb 1996	74		1	1
Patient	Freddie Watts	66	2 Apr 1892		1962	69		1	1
Patient	Middleton Woods	72	20 Sep 1886		1974	87	2	2	4
Patient	Jimmy Charters							7	7
Patient with Eye Patch	Jock May	53	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Policeman	Charles Gilliard	43	5 Feb 1915		1993	77		2	2
Priest at Excecution	Alex Gallier	37	20 Mar 1921		9 Jun 1969	48	2	1	3
Tattoo Harry	Michael Mulcaster	47	3 Oct 1911		10 Aug 1984	72	3	3	6
Villager	George Spence							4	4

Production


FILMING BEGAN	6 January 1958
UK RELEASE	17 November 1958
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

This was actor Francis Matthews’ first film for Hammer. He later appeared in “Dracula – Prince of Darkness” and “Rasputin – the Mad Monk” (both 1966).

Richard Wordsworth had already created quite an impression with his performance as the infected astronaut in Hammer’s “The Quatermass Xperiment” (1955). He also appears for them as the hapless beggar in “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961).

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