Black Widow

Mark Sherwin is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.

Production Details

Exclusive Films Present, a Hammer Production
Panacoustic Sound System

Based on the B.B.C. serial play “Return from Darkness” by Lester Powell

Black & White 52 minutes

Filming Began: 1st January 1950
UK Release: 22nd October 1951

Studio:
Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	23	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	32	28 Sep 1919		1 Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	Renee Glynne	25	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Vernon Sewell	48	4 Jul 1903		21 Jun 2001	97	6		6
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	48	9 Feb 1903		1 Jan 1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	32	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	25	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		96	18		18
Make-up	Phil Leakey	43	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	40	19 Jun 1911		1 Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Producer	Anthony Hinds	29	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	65	1 Jan 1886		1 Jan 1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	38	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Alan MacKinnon	39	1 Jan 1912		1 Jan 1955	43	3		3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Christine	Christine Norden	26	28 Dec 1924		21 Sep 1988	63	2		2
Dr. Wallace	John Harvey	40	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	12	1	13
Kemp	John Longden	50	11 Nov 1900		26 May 1971	70	4		4
Maid	Jill Hulbert	24	1 Jan 1927		26 Apr 2007	80	1		1
Mark	Robert Ayres	36	11 Dec 1914		5 Nov 1968	53	2		2
Mrs. Gladstone	Madoline Thomas	61	2 Jan 1890		30 Dec 1989	99	1		1
Paul	Anthony Forwood	36	3 Oct 1915		18 May 1988	72	6		6
Police Sergeant	Reginald Dyson	56	13 May 1895		6 Apr 1963	67	2		2
Receptionist	Bill Hodge						2		2
Sheila	Jennifer Jayne	19	14 Nov 1931		23 Apr 2006	74	2		2

Footnotes

Christine Norden also appeared in Hammer’s “A Case for PC 49” (1951).

Anthony Forwood appeared in five other Hammer productions: “Meet Simon Cherry” (1949), “The Man in Black” (1949), “The Gambler and the Lady” (1952), “Mantrap” (1953) and “Five Days” (1954). He was married to actress Glynis Johns (Winnifred Banks in “Mary Poppins” 1964) from 1942 to 1948, they had one son, actor Gareth Forwood.

1951 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Footnotes