Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he hid during the war. Complications ensue when it turns out he’s not the only one looking for it.
Production Details
Exclusive Films Presents. Vernon Swewll Production
From the story by “Binnacle”
Dialogue by Nigel Patrick and Cyril Hammond
Diving apparatus by courtesy of Messrs. Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd.
Westrex Sound
Black & White 65 minutes
Filming Began: January 1947
UK Release 23rd May 1949
Studio:
Kay’s Studio, Carlton Hill, Maida Vale, London
Stills from the film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Assistant Director | John Arnold | 27 | 3 Sep 1921 | 1 May 2003 | 81 | 2 | 2 | |
Assistant Editor | Dick Marden | 20 | 7 Jun 1928 | 13 Nov 2006 | 78 | 1 | 1 | |
Associate Producer | Walter D’Eyncourt | 49 | 25 Aug 1899 | 24 Oct 1993 | 94 | 1 | 1 | |
Continuity | Renee Glynne | 22 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 38 | 3 | 41 |
Director | Vernon Sewell | 45 | 4 Jul 1903 | 21 Jun 2001 | 97 | 6 | 6 | |
Editor | Francis Bieber | 41 | 1 Jan 1908 | 1 Jan 1960 | 52 | 2 | 2 | |
Music Composed & Arranged by | Frank Spencer | 37 | 19 Jun 1911 | 1 Feb 1975 | 63 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
Music Composed & Arranged by | Rupert Grayson | 8 | 8 | |||||
Photography | Moray Grant | 31 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 | 29 | |
Producer | Will Hammer | 61 | 21 Nov 1887 | 1 Jun 1957 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Producer | Vernon Sewell | 45 | 4 Jul 1903 | 21 Jun 2001 | 97 | 6 | 6 | |
Sound | Charles Parkhouse | 42 | 2 Mar 1907 | 1 Jan 1982 | 74 | 1 | 1 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Alan Butler | Nigel Patrick | 37 | 2 May 1912 | 21 Sep 1981 | 69 | 1 | 1 | |
Colin Campbell | Darcy Conyers | 29 | 19 Jul 1919 | 1 Nov 1973 | 54 | 2 | 2 | |
Douaimer | Guy Romano | 1 | 1 | |||||
Engineer | Vernon Sewell | 45 | 4 Jul 1903 | 21 Jun 2001 | 97 | 6 | 6 | |
George Paxton | Edwin Richfield | 27 | 11 Sep 1921 | 2 Aug 1990 | 68 | 10 | 10 | |
Giselle | Dolly Bouwmeester | 36 | 19 Apr 1913 | 8 Nov 1986 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |
Joan Keen | Joan Carol | 43 | 1 Dec 1905 | 29 May 1986 | 80 | 2 | 2 | |
Parsons | John Basings | 1 | 1 | |||||
Roger Keen | Cyril Raymond | 50 | 13 Feb 1899 | 20 Mar 1973 | 74 | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
This film saw Edwin Richfields film debut – he went on to appear in a further nine Hammer productions his last being “Quatermass and the Pit” (1967).
Assistant Producer Walter Tennyson is credited under the name Walter D’Eyncourt.