Hammer House of Horror Episode 9
Carpathian Eagle

© 1984 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All rights reserved
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.
Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited entirely on location in The United Kingdom and Austria
UK Transmission Date: 9 Nov 1980
Storyline
A serial killer rips out the heart of his victims, and Detective Inspector Clifford (Anthony Valentine) is in charge of the investigation without any lead. While listening to the radio, he becomes aware of a best-seller, in which the killer also removes the heart of his victims, and Clifford meets the writer, Natalie (Suzanne Danielle), and she tells that the character was based on a countess that lived centuries ago.
Clifford asks for an appointment with the descendant, Mrs. Henska (Siân Phillips), who becomes his suspect number one. Although under investigation, the murders do not stop and Clifford tries to find other clue.
Crew
Function | Credited | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | |
Assistant Art Director | Richard Rooker | 1944 | 78 | 14 | ||
Assistant Art Director | Bob Bell | 21 Mar 1918 | 6 Jun 2009 | 91 | 12 | |
Assistant Director | Ken Baker | 18 | ||||
Camera Operator | Neil Binney | 1 Jun 1931 | 90 | 17 | ||
Casting Director | Eileen Garstka | 13 | ||||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 1 Apr 1939 | 83 | 22 | ||
Costume Supervisor | Laura Nightingale | 35 | ||||
Designer | Carolyn Scott | 23 | ||||
Directed by | Francis Meghay | 18 Mar 1935 | 1 May 2020 | 85 | 4 | |
Director of Photography | Frank Watts BSc | 13 Jun 1929 | 5 Mar 1994 | 64 | 15 | |
Dubbing Editor | Peter Best GBFE | 13 | ||||
Dubbing Editor | Jack Knight GBFE | 9 Aug 1930 | 7 Nov 1993 | 63 | 15 | |
Dubbing Editor | Brian Tilling | 1928 | 19 Feb 2011 | 82 | 7 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Otto Snel | 7 Dec 1937 | 84 | 11 | ||
Editor | Peter Weatherley GBFE | 1930 | 1 Sep 2015 | 85 | 15 | |
Executive Producer | David Reid | 1 Mar 1938 | 84 | 25 | ||
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 1920 | 2004 | 84 | 13 | |
Gaffer | Steve Birtles | 12 Nov 1914 | 2003 | 89 | 13 | |
Hairdresser | Daphne Volmer | 15 Aug 1928 | 11 Jan 2006 | 77 | 17 | |
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | |
Music Composed by | Wilfred Josephs | 24 Jul 1927 | 17 Nov 1997 | 70 | 3 | |
Music Editor | Maurice Durham | 23 Dec 1909 | 24 Jul 2002 | 92 | 12 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 | |
Produced by | Roy Skeggs | 1 Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 | |
Production Assistant | Margaret Nicholas | 13 | ||||
Production Manager | Ron Jackson | 34 | ||||
Screenplay | Francis Megahy | 18 Mar 1935 | 1 May 2020 | 85 | 2 | |
Screenplay | Bernie Cooper | 4 Jan 2011 | 4 | |||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | |
Special Effects | Ian Scoones | 20 Feb 1940 | 20 Jan 2010 | 69 | 13 | |
Story Editor | Anthony Read | 21 Apr 1935 | 21 Nov 2015 | 80 | 14 |
Cast
Character | Credited | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | |
1st Victim | Barry Stokes | 1948 | 74 | 1 | ||
2nd Victim | Pierce Brosnan | 16 May 1953 | 68 | 1 | ||
3rd Victim | Richard Wren | 1 | ||||
Andy | Matthew Long | 1 | ||||
Baharach | Gary Waldhorn | 3 Jul 1943 | 10 Jan 2022 | 78 | 2 | |
Cliff | Anthony Valentine | 17 Aug 1939 | 2 Dec 2015 | 76 | 2 | |
Edgar | Jeffery Wickham | 5 Aug 1933 | 17 Jun 2014 | 80 | 1 | |
Hospital Gardener | William Morgan Sheppard | 24 Aug 1932 | 6 Jan 2019 | 86 | 2 | |
Mrs Henske | Sian Phillips | 14 May 1933 | 88 | 1 | ||
Natalie | Suzanne Danielle | 14 Jan 1957 | 64 | 1 | ||
Police Doctor | Ellis Dale | 5 May 1930 | 14 Oct 1991 | 61 | 1 | |
Police Woman | Diana Adderley | 1951 | 71 | 1 | ||
Tader | Jonathan Kent | 1949 | 73 | 1 | ||
Tony | Barry Stanton | 18 Feb 1940 | 81 | 2 |
Footnotes
A number of famous names appear in this episode: Anthony Valentine, who appeared (uncredited) with Peter Cushing in “The Flesh and the Fiends” (1960), and with Christopher Lee in “To the Devil a Daughter” (1976).
Suzanne Danielle who played the title role, Emmannuelle Pervert in the 1978 comedy “Carry on Emmannuelle”.
Gary Waldhorn, who played David Horton in BBC TV’s “The Vicar of Dibley”.
There was also an early appearance for, soon to be James Bond, Pierce Brosnan.
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection