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	23.07.1944		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	26.11.1929		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

Production


FILMING BEGAN	7 September 1957
UK RELEASE	7 July 1958
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Villa della Pergola, Alassio, Savona, Liguria, Italy
	French Rivieria, Alpes Maritimes, Franch

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.

The film was premiered onboard the Queen Elizabeth in May 1958, before its general release on 7th July 1958.

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