The Snorkel – 1958

A Hammer Film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII by Clarion Films Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certilicate No. 18852
All characters and events depicted in this film are fictitious and any similatity to persons living or dead is coincidental
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Black & White 90 mins
Storyline
Although the police have termed her mother’s death a suicide, Mandy Miller, a teenage girl, believes her step-father, Paul, murdered her, and sets out to prove his guilt.
Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Art Director | John Stoll | 44 | 13 Dec 1913 | 25 Jun 1990 | 76 | 5 |
Assistant Director | Tom Walls | 45 | 31 May 1912 | 28 Nov 1992 | 80 | 1 |
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 |
Conducted by | John Hollingsworth | 41 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 36 |
Continuity | Doreen Dearnaley | 29 | 20 Nov 1928 | 3 Feb 1992 | 63 | 13 |
Directed by | Guy Green | 44 | 5 Nov 1913 | 15 Sep 2005 | 91 | 1 |
Director of Photography | Jack Asher, BSc | 41 | 29 Mar 1916 | 1 Apr 1991 | 75 | 14 |
Editor | James Needs | 38 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
From “The Snorkel” by | Anthony Dawson | 41 | 18 Oct 1916 | 8 Jan 1992 | 75 | 1 |
Hairdresser | Henry Montsash | 52 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 16 |
Location Manager | Renzo Lucidi | 1 | ||||
Make Up | Phil Leakey | 49 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 |
Music Composed by | Francis Chagrin | 52 | 15 Nov 1905 | 10 Nov 1972 | 66 | 1 |
Produced by | Michael Carreras | 30 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 83 |
Production Manager | Don Weeks | 53 | 15 Nov 1904 | 1 Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 |
Re-recording | Ken Cameron | 42 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 |
Screenplay by | Jimmy Sangster | 30 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 |
Screenplay by | Peter Myers | 34 | 4 Dec 1923 | 7 Apr 1978 | 54 | 1 |
Sound Recordist | Jock May | 53 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 29 |
Wardrobe | Molly Arbuthnot | 49 | 19 Dec 1908 | 1 Nov 2001 | 92 | 48 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Candy Brown | Mandy Miller | 13 | 23 Jul 1944 | Living | 76 | 1 |
Daily Woman | Marie Burke | 63 | 18 Oct 1894 | 21 Mar 1988 | 93 | 3 |
Italian Gardener | Henri Vidon | 49 | 11 Nov 1908 | 31 May 1978 | 69 | 1 |
Jean Edwards | Betta St John | 28 | 26 Nov 1929 | Living | 91 | 1 |
Paul Decker | Peter van Eyck | 46 | 16 Jul 1911 | 15 Jul 1969 | 57 | 1 |
The Inspector | Gregoire Aslan | 49 | 28 Mar 1908 | 8 Jan 1982 | 73 | 1 |
Wilson | William Franklyn | 32 | 22 Sep 1925 | 31 Oct 2006 | 81 | 3 |
Footnotes
Betta St John also starred with Hammer favourite Christopher Lee in the 1960 horror “The City of the Dead”.
William Franklyn’s one other appearance for Hammer was in 1973’s “The Satanic Rites of Dracula”, but was probably best known for the “Schhh… You Know Who” television adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973.
The was Mandy Miller’s last film, although she continued acting in various roles for television until 1963.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection