Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 3

Child’s Play

© 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: 8th October 1984

Storyline

A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home, all windows and doors sealed by impenetrable walls. They desperately try to escape but everything fails. Then the wife notices a bizarre pattern.

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	Heather Armitage	42	1942	1.01.1942		81	6		6
Ast. Art Director	Steve Hardie						3		3
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
Casting Director	Lesley de Pettit	48	1936		2002	66	14		14
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84	22		22
Costume Supervisor	Janice Wilde						1		1
Director	Val Guest	72	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Director of Photog.	Frank Watts BSc	55	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	15		15
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	Betty Sherriff	59	29 Sep 1925		2000	74	10		10
Make-up	Eddie Knight	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	David Bedford	47	4 Aug 1937		1 Oct 2011	74	3		3
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	45	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	56	1 Jan 1928	01.01.1928		95	13	1	14
Screenplay	Graham Wassell						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
Story Editor	John Peacock	39	1945		1 Jun 2017	72	13		13
Uncredited
Special Effects Technician	Chris Verner	34	13 Dec 1949	13.12.1949		73		3	3
Wardrobe Mistress	Babs Gray	59	1925		2007	81		3	3

Cast


Character	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
							Credited	Uncredited	Total
Ann Preston	Mary Crosby	25	14 Sep 1959	14.09.1959		64	1		1
Child	Joanna Joseph						1		1
Mike Preston	Nicholas Clay	38	18 Sep 1946		25 May 2000	53	1		1
Mother	Suzanne Church	32	9 Oct 1951	09.10.1951		72	1		1

Footnotes

Mary Crosby (daughter of Bing Crosby) played Kirsten Shepard in Lorimar Television’s long running series “Dallas”

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