Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 5
In Possession

© 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: 22nd October 1984
Storyline
A terrified couple becomes trapped in what seems to be a replay of a sinister event that happened in their apartment in the past.



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 | ||||||
Ast. Art Director | Andrew Ackland-Snow | 23 | 15 Apr 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 | 84 | 22 | 22 | |||
Director | Val Guest | 72 | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 29 | 29 | ||
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Michael J. Bird | 55 | 31 Oct 1928 | 11 May 2001 | 72 | 4 | 4 | ||
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 | |
Uncredited | |||||||||
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 | ||||||
Betty Mervyn | Judy Loe | 37 | 6 Mar 1947 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |||
Daughter | Sarah Porter | 13 Aug 2018 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Director | Hugh Sullivan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Estate Agent | John Collins | 41 | 2 Dec 1942 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |||
Frank Daly | Christopher Cazenove | 40 | 17 Dec 1943 | 7 Apr 2010 | 66 | 2 | 2 | ||
Hotel Manager | Carl Rigg | 43 | 21 May 1941 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |||
Hotel Receptionist | Donna Scarf | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Jack Mervyn | David Healey | 55 | 15 May 1929 | 25 Oct 1995 | 66 | 3 | 3 | ||
Maitre D’ | Anthony Morton | 57 | 7 Apr 1927 | 15 Jan 2001 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mr Prentice | Bernard Kay | 56 | 23 Feb 1928 | 25 Dec 2014 | 86 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mrs Prentice | Vivienne Burgess | 70 | 24 Apr 1914 | 26 Aug 1999 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Paranormal Research Scientist | Brendan Price | 37 | 24 Jun 1947 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |||
Policeman | Peter Bland | 50 | 12 May 1934 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |||
Removal Man | David Auker | 35 | 1 Mar 1949 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |||
Sylvia Dale | Carol Lynley | 42 | 13 Feb 1942 | 3 Sep 2019 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Woman Downstairs | Marianne Stone | 62 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Footnotes
Hammer stalwart Val Guest directed 3 of the episodes in this series, which were his last works for the Company. His Hammer credits include:
Director – 12 films, Writer – 11 Films and Producer – 1 film
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection