Journey to the Unknown Episode 5
Do Me a Favor and Kill Me
Hammer Film Productions
Copyright © MCMLXVIII
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television
William Self – In charge
UK Release Date 12th May 1969
Storyline
A has-been actor wants his agent to kill him so that his wife will benefit from the insurance money, but soon has a change of heart.
Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
| Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Art Director | William Kellner | 68 | 30 Jul 1900 | May 1996 | 95 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ast. Art Director | George Lack | 51 | 1918 | Jul 2014 | 96 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ast. Director | Bluey Hill | 57 | 27 Nov 1911 | Apr 1986 | 74 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Based on a story by | Frederick Rawlings | 53 | 19 Aug 1915 | 2003 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Camera Operator | Moray Grant | 51 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 | 29 | ||
| Casting | JamesLiggat | 49 | 1 Jan 1920 | 28 Sep 1981 | 61 | 29 | 2 | 31 | |
| Continuity | Estelle Stewart | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Director | Gerry O’Hara | 44 | 1 Oct 1924 | 9 Jan 2023 | 98 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Director of Photog. | Kenneth Talbot BSc | 49 | 17 Jan 1920 | May 1993 | 73 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Editor | Sid Stone | 54 | 1 Jan 1915 | 18 Nov 1981 | 66 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Executive Consultant | Jack Fleischmann | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Executive Producer | Joan Harrison | 61 | 26 Jun 1907 | 14 Aug 1994 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
| Hair Stylist | Mibs Parker | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Main Title Theme | Harry Robertson | 36 | 19 Nov 1932 | 17 Jan 1996 | 63 | 26 | 26 | ||
| Make-up | Bill Partleton | 58 | 12 Jan 1911 | Apr 1975 | 64 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Music Composer | John Patrick Scott | 38 | 1 Nov 1930 | 92 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Music Supervisor | Philip Martell | 61 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
| Post – Production Consultant | Robert Mintz | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Producer | Anthony Hinds | 46 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 | 1 | 85 | |
| Production Manager | John Oldknow | 42 | 5 Mar 1927 | 10 Apr 1989 | 62 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Second Asst. Director | David Baxter | 42 | 9 Oct 1926 | 96 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sound Editor | Roy Baker | 41 | Jul 1927 | Feb 2011 | 83 | 29 | 1 | 30 | |
| Sound Editor | Brian Hickin | 29 | 7 Jun 1939 | 84 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Sound Recordist | Stan Smart | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Story Editor | John Gould | 21 Apr 1974 | 19 | 19 | |||||
| Supervising Editor | James Needs | 49 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
| Unit Manager | Christopher Neame | 26 | 24 Dec 1942 | 12 Jun 2011 | 68 | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Wardrobe | Mary Gibson | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Written | Stanley Miller | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Uncredited | |||||||||
| Second Ast. Director | Graham Fowler | 20 | 22 Mar 1949 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
Cast
| Character | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | |||||||
| Betty | Joyce Blair | 36 | 4 Nov 1932 | 19 Sep 2006 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chris | David Warbeck | 27 | 17 Nov 1941 | 23 Jul 1997 | 55 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dirk | Kenneth Haigh | 38 | 25 Mar 1931 | 4 Feb 2018 | 86 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Faith | Judy Parfitt | 33 | 7 Nov 1935 | 87 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Golfer | Tom Gill | 52 | 26 Jul 1916 | 22 Jul 1971 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Harry | Douglas Wilmer | 49 | 8 Jan 1920 | 31 Mar 2016 | 96 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jeff | Joseph Cotton | 63 | 15 May 1905 | 6 Feb 1994 | 88 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lisa | Carol Cleveland | 27 | 13 Jan 1942 | 80 | 2 | 2 |
Footnotes
Joseph Cotton played Baron Frankenstein in the Condor International Productions film “Lady Frankenstein” (1971).
Douglas Wilmer appeared in the 1963 film “Jason and the Argonauts”.
Carol Cleveland appeared in all of the “Monty Python” films.
Details were complied viewing the Episode.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection