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 entirely on location in The United Kingdom and Austria
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 | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
American Casting | Daniel Travis | 12 | |||
American Casting | William J Kenney | 29 May 1939 | 30 Dec 1992 | 53 | 12 |
Art Director | Carolyn Scott | 23 | |||
Assistant Art Director | Andrew Ackland-Snow | 15 Apr 1961 | 59 | 3 | |
Assistant Director | Ken Baker | 18 | |||
Assistant to Producer | Laura Nightingale | 35 | |||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 21 Aug 1928 | 92 | 14 | |
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettitt | 14 | |||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 1 Apr 1939 | 81 | 22 | |
Director | Val Guest | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 29 |
Director of Photography | Brian West BSc | 27 Apr 1928 | 92 | 8 | |
Dubbing Editor | Terry Poulton G.B.F.E. | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jan 1993 | 63 | 16 |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | |||
Editor | Peter Weatherley G.B.F.E. | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Sep 2015 | 85 | 15 |
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 1 Jan 1920 | 1 Jan 2004 | 84 | 25 |
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 |
Hairdresser | Daphne Volmer | 15 Aug 1928 | 11 Jan 2006 | 77 | 17 |
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 |
Music Composed by | Paul Patterson | 15 Jun 1947 | 73 | 8 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 |
Producer | Roy Skeggs | 1 Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 |
Production Accountant | Sheala Daniell | 13 | |||
Production Accountant | Linda Nettleton | 13 | |||
Production Assistant | Sheila Collins | 13 | |||
Production Manager | Ron Jackson | 34 | |||
Publicity | Jean Garioch | 1928 | 93 | 13 | |
Recorded at | Warwick Dubbing Theatre | ||||
Screenplay | Michael J. Bird | 31 Oct 1928 | 11 May 2001 | 72 | 4 |
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 |
Still Photographer | John Jay | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 |
Story Editor | John Peacock | 1 Jan 1945 | 1 Jun 2017 | 72 | 13 |
Cast
Character | Credited | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Betty Mervyn | Judy Loe | 6 Mar 1947 | 73 | 1 | |
Daughter | Sarah Porter | 13 Aug 2018 | 1 | ||
Director | Hugh Sullivan | 1 | |||
Estate Agent | John D. Collins | 2 Dec 1942 | 78 | 1 | |
Frank Daly | Christopher Cazenove | 17 Dec 1943 | 7 Apr 2010 | 66 | 2 |
Hotel Manager | Carl Rigg | 21 May 1941 | 79 | 1 | |
Hotel Receptionist | Donna Scarf | 1 | |||
Jack Mervyn | David Healey | 15 May 1929 | 25 Oct 1995 | 66 | 3 |
Maitre D’ | Anthony Morton | 7 Apr 1927 | 15 Jan 2001 | 73 | 1 |
Mr Prentice | Bernard Kay | 23 Feb 1928 | 25 Dec 2014 | 86 | 1 |
Mrs Prentice | Vivienne Burgess | 24 Apr 1914 | 26 Aug 1999 | 85 | 1 |
Paranormal Research Scientist | Brenden Price | 24 Jun 1947 | 73 | 1 | |
Policeman | Peter Bland | 12 May 1934 | 86 | 1 | |
Removal Man | David Auker | 1 Mar 1949 | 71 | 1 | |
Sylvia Dale | Carol Lynley | 13 Feb 1942 | 3 Sep 2019 | 77 | 2 |
Woman Downsatirs | Marianne Stone | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 |
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