Someone at the Door

A knockabout crime comedy, in which, in order to enhance his reputation, a struggling journalist cooks up a hare-brained scheme to make it look as though he has murdered his sister – for just long enough to get a big story out of it. Unfortunately, however, things start to go badly wrong when a gang of real crooks appear on the scene!

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer Film production released by Exclusive Films
United Programmes Sound
From the play by Major Campbell Christie and Miss Dorothy Campbell Christie

Black & White 65 minutes

Filming dates: 21st November – 16th December. 1949
UK Release: 21st August 1950

Studio:
Oakley Court Hotel, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCERDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Department	Mick Lyons	No	49	1901	22 Jun 1959	58		10	10
Art Department	Tom Money	No	33	1917	1974	57	2	21	23
Art Director	Denis Wreford	Yes	45	1905	1988	83	5		5
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	Yes	22	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Boom Operator	Percy Britten	No	30	1 Oct 1919	1996	76		23	23
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	Yes	30	28 Sep 1919	Sep 1972	52	28		28
Casting	Prudence Sykes	Yes					11	2	13
Clapper Loader	Harry Oakes	No	29	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91	3	56	59
Continuity	Renee Glynn	Yes	24	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	Francis Searle	Yes	41	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	18		18
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	Yes	47	9 Feb 1903	1979	75	35		35
Editor	John Ferris	Yes					7		7
Editor	Ray Pitt	No					5	3	8
Electrician	Jack Curtis	No					3	24	27
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	Yes	22	21 Nov 1926		98	18		18
Make-up	Phil Leakey	Yes	42	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	Yes	39	19 Jun 1911	Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Producer	Anthony Hinds	Yes	27	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	Yes	64	1886	1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	Yes	37	27 Jan 1913	15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	A.R. Rawlinson	Yes	56	9 Aug 1894	20 Apr 1984	89	4		4
Sound Mixer	Gordon Everett	No	27	18 Mar 1923	9 Jun 1991	68	1	6	7
Still Photographer	John Jay	No	29	14 Nov 1920	29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
CAST
Bill	Hugh Latimer	Yes	37	12 May 1913	12 Jun 2006	93	3		3
Inspector Spedding	Campbell Singer	Yes	41	16 Mar 1909	16 Feb 1976	66	5		5
Kapel	Garry Marsh	Yes	48	21 May 1902	6 Mar 1981	78	1		1
Police Constable O’Brien	John Kelly	Yes	46	1904	19 May 1977	73	2		2
Price	Danny Green	Yes	47	26 May 1903	1973	69	4		4
Ronnie	Michael Medwin	Yes	27	18 Jul 1923	26 Feb 2020	96	6		6
Sally	Yvonne Owen	Yes	27	28 Jul 1923	Dec 1990	67	1		1
With	Maire O'Neil	No	65	12 Jan 1885	2 Nov 1952	67		1	1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

This is the second filmed version of the stage play, the first being British International Pictures 1936 production starring Billy Milton and directed by Herbert Brenon.

1950 BBFC Cert. “U"

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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