Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 12

Tennis Court

© 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: 27th June 1985

Storyline

A WWII fighter plane crashes and although the pilot escapes, his partner burns. Years later, Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie by her mother. The house has a dilapidated tennis court, but this seems to have some force which takes over the daughter of John Bray, the local holy man, as well as causing tennis balls to gush blood and kill people with animated nets.

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	46	29 May 1939		30 Dec 1992	53	12		12
American Casting	Daniel Travis						12		12
Art Director	Heather Armitage	43	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
Based on a short story by	Michael Hastings	46	2 Sep 1938		19 Nov 2011	73	1		1
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Casting Director	Lesley de Pettit	49	1936		2002	66	14		14
Continuity	Lorely Farley	46	1 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84	22		22
Coutume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale						35		35
Director	Paul Annett	48	19 Feb 1937		11 Dec 2017	80	2		2
Director of Photog.	Frank Watts BSc	56	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	15		15
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	55	1930		1993	63	16	1	17
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	55	1930		Sep 2015	85	15		15
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	65	1920		2004	84	25		25
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	55	1930		Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	59	29 Sep 1925		2000	74	10		10
Make-up	Eddie Knight	60	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Anthony Payne	48	2 Aug 1936		30 Apr 2021	84	2		2
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	51	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	36	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	50	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	57	1 Jan 1928	01.01.1928		95	13	1	14
Screenplay	Andrew Sinclair	50	21 Jan 1935		30 May 2019	84	1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Sound Recordist	Eddie Haben						1		1
Still Photog.	John Jay	64	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Story Editor	John Peacock	40	1945		Jun 2017	72	13		13
Uncredited
Special Effects Technician	Chris Verner	35	13 Dec 1949	13.12.1949		73		3	3
Wardrobe Mistress	Babs Gray	60	1925		2007	81		3	3

Cast


Character	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
							Credited	Uncredited	Total
Bobby	David Cheesman						1		1
Eileen	Isla Blair	40	29 Sep 1944	29.09.1944		78	2		2
Eldridge	George Little	56	6 Nov 1928		8 Jan 2022	93	1		1
Harry	Jonathan Newth	46	6 Mar 1939	06.03.1939		83	1		1
Innes	Annis Joslin						1		1
John Bray	Peter Graves	59	18 Mar 1926		14 Mar 2010	83	1		1
Maggie Dowl	Hannah Gordon	44	9 Apr 1941	09.04.1941		81	1		1
Magnusson	Cyril Shaps	61	13 Oct 1923		1 Jan 2003	79	1	2	3
Matron	Peggy Sinclair	39	1 Jan 1946	01.01.1946		76	1		1
Raymond Maryott	Ralph Arliss	37	11 Sep 1947	11.09.1947		75	1		1
Young Bray	Marcus Gilbert	26	29 Jul 1958	29.07.1958		64	1		1

Footnotes

Peter Graves played Jim Phelps in the Paramount Television series “Mission Impossible” (1966-73). He also played Captain Clarence Oveur in the “Airplane” films.

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