Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 8

Black Carrion

© 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: 12th November 1984

Storyline

A world-weary freelance author in need of work and a young female consultant, who’s an expert on the history of 60s music, are hired by an avid record producer, who plans to make a nice buck by re-releasing the albums of an extremely popular 60s rock duo consisting of two wild brothers that simply disappeared from the scene in 1963 without an explanation, and write a “Where are they now” piece on them to promote the re-release.
The pair discovers that the last gig the duo ever played was in a small, remote, ghostly village that’s not on any recent map. As they approach the village, the woman’s repressed memories of a traumatic event from her childhood begin to emerge.

Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
American Casting	William J Kenney	45	29 May 1939		30 Dec 1992	53	12		12
American Casting	Daniel Travis						12		12
Art Director	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Associate Producer	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		81	6		6
Ast. Art Director	Andrew Ackland-Snow	23	15 Apr 1961	15.04.1961		62	3		3
Ast. Director	Ken Baker						18		18
Ast. to Producer	Laura Nightingale						35		35
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Casting Director	Lesley de Pettit	48	1936		2002	66	14		14
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		83	22		22
Director	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		80	6		6
Director of Photog.	Brian West	56	27 Apr 1928	27.04.1928		94	8	1	9
Dubbing Editor	Roy Baker	57	Jul 1927		Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Paul Patterson	37	15 Jun 1947	15.06.1947		76	8		8
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	Francis Shaw	42	23 Jun 1942	23.06.1942		81	2		2
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	Don Houghton	54	1 Jan 1930		1 Jul 1991	61	20		20
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
Story Editor	John Peacock	39	1945		1 Jun 2017	72	13		13

Cast


Character	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Cora Berlaine	Season Hubley	33	14 Mar 1951	14.03.1951		72	1		1
Driver	Peter Polycarpou	27	31 Mar 1957	31.03.1957		65	1		1
Drury	Christopher Ellison	37	16 Dec 1946	16.12.1946		76	1		1
Ellen	Linda Hayden	31	19 Jan 1953	19.01.1953		70	2		2
Elsie	Daphne Goddard	59	10 Jan 1925		6 Jun 2005	80	1		1
Estate Manager	Oscar Quitak	58	10 Mar 1926	10.03.1926		97	1		1
First Constable	Geoffrey Leesley	35	1 Jun 1949	01.06.1949		73	1		1
Frogman	Alan Stuart	53	31 Aug 1931		28 Nov 2016	85	1		1
Henry Bircher	Norman Bird	60	30 Oct 1924		22 Apr 2005	80	5		5
Landlord	Forbes Collins						1		1
Little Girl	Jessica Marshall-Gardiner	6	20 Apr 1978	20.04.1978		44	1		1
Lou Delmart	William Hootkins	36	5 Jul 1948		23 Oct 2005	57	2		2
Madge Bircher	Diana King	66	2 Aug 1918		31 Jul 1986	67	2		2
Mate	Robert Morgan						1		1
Paul Chater	Leigh Lawson	39	21 Jul 1945	21.07.1945		77	2		2
Police Sergeant	John Patrick						1		1
Ray Verne	Allan Love	36	13 Dec 1947	13.12.1947		75	2		2
Ron Verne	Julian Littman	31	13 Feb 1953	13.02.1953		70	2		2
Secretary	Diana Malin	27	19 Jun 1957	19.06.1957		65	1		1
Songs: Music & Lyrics	Allan Love	36	13 Dec 1947	13.12.1947		75	2		2
Songs: Music & Lyrics by	Julian Littman	31	13 Feb 1953	13.02.1953		70	2		2
Uncredited
Villager	Alan Meacham	55	14 May 1929		2 May 1998	68		5	5
Villager	Fred Wood	63	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81		19	19

Footnotes

Linda Hayden played Alice Hargood in Hammer’s “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1970), and also starred in Tigon’s “The Blood on Satan’s Claw” (1971)

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