The Snorkel

Although the police have termed her mother’s death a suicide, Candy Brown, a teenage girl, believes her step-father, Paul, murdered her, and sets out to prove his guilt.

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Production Details

A Hammer Film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII by Clarion Films Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certilicate No. 18852

All characters and events depicted in this film are fictitious and any similatity to persons living or dead is coincidental

RCA Sound Recording
Black & White 90 mins

Filming dates: 6th September 1957
UK Release: 7th July 1958

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Locations:
Villa della Pergola, Alassio, Savona, Liguria, Italy
French Rivieria, Alpes Maritimes, France

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Crew – Believed complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	John Stoll	Yes	44	13 Dec 1913		25 Jun 1990	76	5		5
Assistant Director	Tom Walls	Yes	46	31 May 1912		28 Nov 1992	80	1	10	11
Associate Producer	Anthony Nelson-Keyes	Yes	46	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	43		43
Camera Operator	Len Harris	Yes	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Chargehand Props	Peter Allchorne	No	33	1925	1 Jan 1925		100		9	9
Conductor	John Hollingsworth	Yes	42	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	Yes	29	20 Nov 1928		3 Feb 1992	63	13		13
Director	Guy Green	Yes	44	5 Nov 1913		15 Sep 2005	91	1		1
Director of Photography	Jack Asher BSc	Yes	42	29 Mar 1916		Apr 1991	75	13		13
Dog Trainer	John Holmes	No	45	1913		13 Sep 2000	87	1	1	2
Editor	James Needs	Yes	38	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Editor	Bill Lenny	No	30	1928		2002	74	14	4	18
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	No	37	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91	3	56	59
From The Snorkel by	Anthony Dawson	Yes	41	18 Oct 1916		8 Jan 1992	75	2		2
Hairdresser	Henry Montsash	Yes	52	17 Sep 1905		29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Location Manager	Renzo Lucidi	Yes						1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	Yes	50	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composer	Francis Chagrin	Yes	52	15 Nov 1905		10 Nov 1972	66	1		1
Producer	Michael Carreras	Yes	30	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Production Manager	Don Weeks	Yes	53	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	31		31
Re-recording	Ken Cameron	Yes	42	1 Dec 1915		8 Aug 2000	84	8	2	10
Screenplay	Jimmy Sangster	Yes	30	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Screenplay	Peter Myers	Yes	34	4 Dec 1923		7 Apr 1978	54	1		1
Sound	Charles Mounteney	No	47	30 Jul 1910		15 Jan 1981	70		1	1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	Yes	53	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	31	1	32
Third Assistant Director	Hugh Harlow	No	19	17 Jun 1939	17.06.1939		86	6	34	40
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	Yes	49	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
CAST
Candy Brown	Mandy Miller	Yes	13	23 Jul 1944	23.07.1944		81	1		1
Daily Woman	Marie Burke	Yes	63	18 Oct 1894		21 Mar 1988	93	3	1	4
French Woman	Irene Prador	No	46	16 Jul 1911		8 Jul 1996	84	2	1	3
Hotel Clerk	David Ritch	No	25	28 Jul 1932		3 Jun 2018	85	1	1	2
Hotel Receptionist	Paddy Smith	No							7	7
Italian Gardener	Henri Vidon	Yes	49	11 Nov 1908		31 May 1978	69	1		1
Jean Edwards	Betta St John	Yes	28	26 Nov 1929		23 Jun 2023	93	1		1
Man in Hotel Lobby	Ernest Blythe	No	48	1910		1981	71		12	12
Man in Hotel Lobby	Walter Henry	No	36	24 Oct 1921		21 Feb 2005	83		5	5
Paul Decker	Peter van Eyck	Yes	46	16 Jul 1911		15 Jul 1969	57	1		1
Station Sergeant	Robert Rietty	No	35	8 Feb 1923		3 Apr 2015	92	1	2	3
The Inspector	Gregoire Aslan	Yes	50	28 Mar 1908		8 Jan 1982	73	1		1
Waiter	Louis Matto	No	47	16 Aug 1910		16 Apr 1989	78		5	5
Waiter	Armand Guinie	No	63	1895					2	2
Wilson	William Franklyn	Yes	32	22 Sep 1925		31 Oct 2006	81	3		3
With	Mary Chapman	No							1	1

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Footnotes

Betta St John also starred with Hammer favourite Christopher Lee in the 1960 horror The City of the Dead.

William Franklyn’s one other appearance for Hammer was in 1973’s The Satanic Rites of Dracula, but was probably best known for the “Schhh… You Know Who” television adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973.

The was Mandy Miller’s last film, although she continued acting in various roles for television until 1963.

The film was premiered onboard the Queen Elizabeth in May 1958, before its general release on 7th July 1958.

1958 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes

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