The Revenge of Frankenstein – 1958

A Hammer film production released by Columbia Pictures
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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 Credits |
Additional Dialogue by | Hurford Janes | 48 | 8 Jun 1909 | 1 Mar 2000 | 90 | 1 |
Assistant Director | Robert Lynn | 39 | 9 Jun 1918 | 15 Jan 1982 | 63 | 6 |
Associate Producer | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 46 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 41 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 |
Continuity | Doreen Dearnaley | 29 | 20 Nov 1928 | 3 Feb 1992 | 63 | 13 |
Directed by | Terence Fisher | 53 | 23 Feb 1904 | 18 Jun 1980 | 76 | 31 |
Director of Photography | Jack Asher, BSc | 41 | 29 Mar 1916 | 1 Apr 1991 | 75 | 14 |
Editor | Alfred Cox | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | |
Executive Producer | Michael Carreras | 30 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 83 |
Hair Stylist | Henry Montsash | 52 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 16 |
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 49 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 |
Music | Leonard Salzedo | 36 | 24 Sep 1921 | 6 May 2000 | 78 | 7 |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds | 35 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 45 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 |
Production Manager | Don Weeks | 53 | 15 Nov 1904 | 1 Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 |
Sound Recordist | Jock May | 53 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 29 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 38 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
Wardrobe | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | ||||
Writer | Jimmy Sangster | 30 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Baron Frankenstein | Peter Cushing | 44 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 24 |
Bergman | John Welsh | 43 | 7 Nov 1914 | 21 Apr 1985 | 70 | 5 |
Boy | Ian Whittaker | 30 | 1928 | Living | 93 | 5 |
Countess Barscynska | Margery Gresley | 48 | 22 Oct 1909 | 3 Apr 1988 | 78 | 1 |
Dr Hans Kleve | Francis Matthews | 30 | 2 Sep 1927 | 14 Apr 2014 | 86 | 4 |
Fritz | Lionel Jeffries | 31 | 10 Jun 1926 | 19 Feb 2010 | 83 | 5 |
Girl | Avril Leslie | 21 | 1937 | Living | 84 | 1 |
Inspector | John Stuart | 59 | 18 Jul 1898 | 17 Oct 1979 | 81 | 6 |
Janitor | George Woodbridge | 50 | 16 Feb 1907 | 31 Mar 1973 | 66 | 9 |
Karl | Oscar Quitak | 31 | 10 Mar 1926 | Living | 95 | 2 |
Kurt | Michael Ripper | 44 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 |
Margaret | Eunice Gayson | 29 | 17 Mar 1928 | 8 Jun 2018 | 90 | 2 |
Molke | Arnold Diamond | 42 | 18 Apr 1915 | 18 Mar 1992 | 76 | 4 |
President | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 55 | 10 Oct 1902 | 22 Dec 1983 | 81 | 8 |
Priest | Alex Gallier (uncredited) | 46 | 20 Mar 1912 | 09 Jun 1969 | 57 | 2 |
The Creature | Michael Gwynn | 41 | 30 Nov 1916 | 29 Jan 1976 | 59 | 4 |
Up Patient | Richard Wordsworth | 42 | 19 Jan 1915 | 21 Nov 1993 | 78 | 4 |
Vera Barscynska | Anna Walmsley | 1 |
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