Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 7

A Distant Scream

© 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

ITV London Transmission Date: 5th November 1984

Storyline

Lying on his deathbed, an elderly man who has spent most of his life in prison for the murder of the woman he loved is granted a supernatural chance to go back to that fateful weekend and attempt to discover what really happened…

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Associate Camerman	Terry Cole						4		4
Associate Producer	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		81	6		6
Ast. Art Director	Peta Button	43	1 Jul 1941	01.07.1941		82	4		4
Ast. Director	Ken Baker						18		18
Ast. to Producer	Karen Woods						6		6
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84	22		22
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale						35		35
Director	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		81	6		6
Director of Photog.	Brian West	56	27 Apr 1928	27.04.1928		95	8	1	9
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	54	1930		1993	63	16	1	17
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	54	1930		Sep 2015	85	15		15
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	64	1920		2004	84	25		25
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	54	1930		Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	56	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	Eddie Knight	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Paul Patterson	37	15 Jun 1947	15.06.1947		76	8		8
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	50	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	35	1 Jan 1949	1.01.1949		74	13		13
Production Accountant	Sheala Daniell						13		13
Production Ast.	Sheila Collins						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	49	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	56	1 Jan 1928	01.01.1928		95	13	1	14
Screenplay	Martin Worth	58	Nov 1926		Jul 2018	91	1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Still Photog.	John Jay	63	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35

Cast


Character	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
							Credited	Uncredited	Total
Clifford	Stephen Greif	40	26 Aug 1944	26.08.1944		78	1		1
Doctor	Bernard Horsfall	53	20 Nov 1930		28 Jan 2013	82	1		1
Gary	Stephan Chase	39	8 Feb 1945		27 Jun 2019	74	1		1
Michael / Harris	David Carradine	47	8 Dec 1936		3 Jun 2009	72	1		1
Mrs Kimble	Fanny Carby	59	2 Feb 1925		20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Prison Officer	Edward Peel	41	1 Jan 1943	01.01.1943		79	1		1
Robin	Ewan Stuart	27	8 Oct 1957	08.10.1957		65	1		1
Rosemary Richardson	Stephanie Beacham	37	28 Feb 1947	28.02.1947		75	2		2
Sarah	Lesley Dunlop	28	10 Mar 1956	10.03.1956		66	1		1

Footnotes

Stephanie Beecham played alongside Peter Cushing as Jessica van Helsing, in Hammer’s Dracula A.D.72 (1972).
David Carradine played Caine in the popular Warner Brothers Television series Kung Fu (1972).

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