Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Episode 11
The Sweet Scent of Death

© 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: 17th December 1984
Storyline
An overworked American ambassador working in the UK attempts to spend more time with his wife by visiting a countryside mansion, but soon the trip turns into a nightmare with his wife haunted by a stalker seemingly from her 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 | Peta Button | 1 Jul 1941 | 80 | 4 | ||
Assistant Director | John O’Connor | 3 | ||||
Assistant to Producer | Laura Nightingale | 35 | ||||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 21 Aug 1928 | 10 Mar 2020 | 91 | 14 | |
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettitt | 14 | ||||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 1 Apr 1939 | 83 | 22 | ||
Director of Photography | Brian West BSc | 27 Apr 1928 | 93 | 8 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Terry Poulton GBFE | 1930 | 1993 | 63 | 16 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | ||||
Editor | Bob Dearberg GBFE | 3 Feb 1939 | 8 May 2017 | 78 | 9 | |
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 1920 | 2004 | 84 | 25 | |
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 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 | John McCabe | 21 Apr 1939 | 13 Feb 2015 | 75 | 6 | |
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 | 94 | 13 | ||
Recorded at | Warwick Dubbing Theatre | |||||
Screenplay | Brian Clemens | 30 Jul 1931 | 10 Jan 2015 | 83 | 8 | |
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | |
Still Photographer | John Jay | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 |
Cast
Character | Credited | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | |
Ann Denver | Shirley Knight | 5 Jul 1936 | 22 Apr 2020 | 83 | ||
Boy in Park | Christopher Warwick | |||||
Det. Constable Gray | Struan Rodger | 18 Sep 1946 | 75 | |||
Det. Sergeant Wells | Robert Lang | 24 Sep 1934 | 6 Nov 2004 | 70 | ||
Estate Agent | Geoffrey Colville | 15 Oct 1926 | 23 Apr 2006 | 79 | ||
Girl in Park | Mary Greco | |||||
Greg Denver | Dean Stockwell | 5 Mar 1936 | 7 Nov 2021 | 85 | ||
John Fairfax | Alan Gifford | 11 Mar 1911 | 20 Mar 1989 | 78 | ||
Marine Officer | Kenny Andrews | |||||
Marvin | Michael Gothard | 24 Jun 1939 | 2 Dec 1992 | 53 | ||
Michael Patson | Andrew Seear | 1 Jan 1951 | 71 | |||
Paula | Toria Fuller | |||||
Suzy | Carmen du Sautoy | 26 Feb 1950 | 72 | |||
Tanzi | Lindsay Holiday | |||||
Young Girl | Erin Donovan | |||||
Young Man | Russell Sommers |
Footnotes
Writer Brian Clemens died in 2015, he is best remembered for his work at ITC in the 1960’s and early 70’s, especially as writer/producer of “The Avengers” (for which he wrote the pilot in 1961), “The Baron”, “The Persuaders” and “Danger Man”.
He also wrote the screenplay for Hammer’s Dr Jeckyll and Sister Hyde (1971) and Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974).
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection