The Rossiter Case

A husband cheats on his disabled wife, who has been paralysed in a car accident, with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

Exclusive Films Present, A Hammer Production

Black & White 72 mins

Filming dates: 27th May – 19th June 1950
UK Release: 1st January 1951

Studio:
Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	Yes	23	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	Yes	31	28 Sep 1919	Sep 1972	52	28		28
Casting	Prudence Sykes	Yes					11	2	13
Continuity	Renee Glynne	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
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	Yes	23	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	28	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	Yes	65	1886	1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	Yes	37	27 Jan 1913	15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Francis Searle	Yes	41	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	18		18
Screenplay	John Gilling	Yes	38	29 May 1912	22 Nov 1984	72	19		19
Screenplay	John Hunter	Yes	39	22 Aug 1911	8 Sep 1984	73	4		4
Screenplay	Kenneth Hyde	Yes	43	21 Mar 1907	18 Sep 1964	57	1		1
CAST
Agnes	Eleanor Bryan	Yes	24	1927	6 Jan 2019	92	1	1	2
Alice	Gabrielle Blunt	Yes	31	8 Jan 1919	10 Jun 2014	95	1	1	2
Arthur	Anthony Allen	Yes					1		1
Constable	Dennis Castle	Yes	36	16 Aug 1914	27 Feb 1993	78	1		1
Dr Bendix	Henry Edwards	Yes	68	18 Sep 1882	2 Nov 1952	70	2		2
Hobson	Frederic Steger	Yes	56	13 Aug 1894	1975	80	2		2
Honor	Sheala Burrell	Yes	28	9 May 1922	19 Jul 2011	89	4	1	5
Inspector	Ewen Solon	Yes	33	7 Sep 1917	7 Jul 1985	67	5	1	6
Joe	Stanley Baker	Yes	22	28 Feb 1928	28 Jun 1976	48	5		5
Liz	Helen Shingler	Yes	31	29 Aug 1919	8 Oct 2019	100	1		1
Marty	Ann Codrington	Yes	56	10 Sep 1894	29 Mar 1982	87	1		1
Nurse West	Dorothy Batley	Yes	48	18 Jan 1902	8 Dec 1983	81	1		1
Peter	Clement McCallin	Yes	37	6 Mar 1913	7 Aug 1977	64	1		1
Pub Patron	Arthur Dibbs	No						2	2
Sergeant	Robert Perceval	Yes	34	5 Aug 1916	5 Apr 1989	72	1		1
Sir James Ferguson	Frederick Leister	Yes	65	1 Dec 1885	24 Aug 1970	84	1		1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Ewen Solon played Stapleton in Hammer’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), he also appeared (uncredited) as a camel vendor in The Strangler’s of Bombay (1959).

1951 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes

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