Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 10
Czech Mate

© 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: 3rd December 1984
Storyline
Vicky’s ex-husband, John, invites her on a trip to communist Prague. First John disappears, then her passport. Vicky finds herself alone and penniless in Prague and becomes a tragic pawn caught in a web of espionage and murder.



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 Camerman | Terry Cole | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Ast. Art Director | Peta Button | 43 | 1 Jul 1941 | 82 | 4 | 4 | |||
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 | 84 | 22 | 22 | |||
Director | John Hough | 43 | 21 Nov 1941 | 81 | 6 | 6 | |||
Director of Photog. | Brian West | 56 | 27 Apr 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 | 1 Jan 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 | John McCabe | 45 | 21 Apr 1939 | 13 Feb 2015 | 75 | 6 | 6 | ||
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 | |
Producer | Jeremy Burnham | 53 | 28 May 1931 | 31 Dec 2020 | 89 | 6 | 6 | ||
Production Accountant | Linda Nettleton | 35 | 1 Jan 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 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||
Screenplay | Jeremy Burnham | 53 | 28 May 1931 | 31 Dec 2020 | 89 | 6 | 6 | ||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 61 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Still Photog. | John Jay | 64 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Uncredited | |||||||||
Executive Production Manager | Dieter Limbek | 35 | 30 Jul 1949 | 74 | 1 | 1 |
Cast
Character | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||||
1st Desk Clerk | Christopher Robbie | 46 | 30 Sep 1938 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |||
2nd Desk Clerk | Sandor Eles | 48 | 15 Jun 1936 | 4 Sep 2002 | 66 | 3 | 3 | ||
Brown | Richard Heffer | 38 | 28 Jul 1946 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |||
Bulneck | Peter Vaughan | 61 | 4 Apr 1923 | 6 Dec 2016 | 93 | 2 | 2 | ||
Doctor | Pam St. Clement | 42 | 11 May 1942 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |||
Girl on Bridge | Tessa Wojczak | 26 | 1 Jan 1958 | 64 | 1 | 1 | |||
Head Waiter | Steve Plytas | 71 | 9 Jan 1913 | 27 Dec 1994 | 81 | 1 | 1 | ||
Immigration Officer | Christopher Rozycki | 41 | 15 Oct 1943 | 10 Apr 2015 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Inspector | Stephan Gryff | 46 | 5 May 1938 | 3 Jun 2017 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ivan | Jiri Stanislav | 38 | 3 Dec 1946 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |||
John Duncan | Patrick Mower | 46 | 12 Sep 1938 | 84 | 2 | 2 | |||
Man on Bridge | Daniel Wozinak | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Maria | Catherine Neilson | 27 | 3 Oct 1957 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |||
Mrs Jiracek | Hana-Maria Pravda | 68 | 29 Jan 1916 | 28 May 2008 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Plain Clothes Policeman | George Mikell | 55 | 4 Apr 1929 | 12 May 2020 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Porter | Mark Mailcz | 75 | 1 Jan 1909 | 17 Jan 1986 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Producer | Jeremy Burnham | 53 | 28 May 1931 | 31 Dec 2020 | 89 | 6 | 6 | ||
Screenplay | Jeremy Burnham | 53 | 28 May 1931 | 31 Dec 2020 | 89 | 6 | 6 | ||
Security Guard 1 | Robert Russell | 48 | 24 May 1936 | 12 May 2008 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stephan | Roy Boyd | 46 | 18 Aug 1938 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Vicky Duncan | Susan George | 34 | 26 Jul 1950 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |||
Uncredited | |||||||||
Man at Bar | Pat Gorman | 51 | 10 May 1933 | 9 Oct 2018 | 85 | 4 | 4 |
Footnotes
Although actress Susan George starred in a number of horror productions, including “Die Screaming, Marianne” (1971), “The Sorcerers” (1968) and “The House where Evil Dwells” (1982), this was her only appearance in a Hammer Production.
Patrick Mower played Simon Arron in Hammer’s “The Devil Rides Out” (1968).
Pam St. Clements played Pat Butcher in the BBC TV soap “Eastenders”.
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection