Women Without Men

Convict Angie Booth is desperate. Before being sentenced, she made a tryst with her merchant seaman lover Nick to meet him at a set time and place. When her request for temporary parole is turned down by the prison governor, she plans to escape along with a group of other inmates.

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 68 mins

Filming Began: 1st January 1955
UK Release: 14th June 1956

Studio:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Assistant Director	Bill Shore						5	2	7
Camera Operator	Len Harris	40	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Caroller	Joan Harrison	48	26 Jun 1907		14 Aug 1994	87	13	1	14
Director	Elmo Williams	43	30 Apr 1913		25 Nov 2015	102	1		1
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	53	9 Feb 1903		1 Jan 1979	75	34		34
Editor	James Needs	36	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	30	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		96	18		18
Lyric	Lorraine Williams						1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	48	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music Composer	Leonard Salzedo	34	24 Sep 1921		6 May 2000	78	7	1	8
Musical Director	John Hollingsworth	40	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	38
Original Story	Richard Landau	42	21 Feb 1914		18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Producer	Anthony Hinds	33	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Jimmy Sangster	28	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Song “Long Ago Guy”	Douglas Gamley	31	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	3		3
Sound	Bill Sweeney						2		2
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	47	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credited	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Angie Booth	Beverley Michaels	27	28 Dec 1928		9 Jun 2007	78	1		1
Bargee	Michael Golden	42	15 Aug 1913		1 Jan 1983	69	3	1	4
Bargekeeper	Michael Golden	42	15 Aug 1913		1 Jan 1983	69	3	1	4
Barrowman	Verne Morgan	55	19 Dec 1900		23 Apr 1984	83	3	1	4
Bates	Sheala Burrell	34	9 May 1922		19 Jul 2011	89	5		5
Bessie	Avril Angers	38	18 Apr 1918		8 Nov 2005	87	1		1
Brooker	Fanny Carby	31	2 Feb 1925		20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Caroller	Edna Landor	32	1 Jan 1924		3 Sep 2015	91		1	1
Caroller	Pat Edwards							1	1
Carroler	H. Westwater							1	1
Chief Marton Evans	Betty Cooper	46	1 May 1910		3 Feb 1979	68	3	1	4
Civilian	Anthony Miles						1	1	2
Cleo	Joan Rice	26	3 Feb 1930		1 Jan 1997	66	2		2
Daniels	Maurice Kaufmann	28	29 Jun 1927		21 Sep 1997	70	4		4
Grace	Hermione Baddeley	49	13 Nov 1906		19 Aug 1986	79	2		2
Granny	Thora Hird	45	28 May 1911		15 Mar 2003	91	4		4
Guard	Irene Richmond	44	15 Nov 1911		24 May 2009	97	2		2
Hackett	Olwen Brookes	54	26 Nov 1901		17 Sep 1976	74	1		1
Helen	Muriel Young	32	19 Jun 1923		24 Mar 2001	77		1	1
Hennessy	Margaret Flint	31	13 Sep 1924		3 Jul 1993	68		1	1
Inmate	Anne Loxley	26	7 Jun 1930	7.06.1930		93		1	1
Inmate	Mona Lilian	44	27 Nov 1911		1 Apr 1997	85		1	1
Julian	Ralph Michael	48	26 Sep 1907		9 Nov 1994	87	1		1
Laverne	Pauline Winter	39	12 Mar 1917		9 Feb 2015	97		1	1
Lindbergh	Bill Shine	44	20 Oct 1911		24 Jul 1997	85	2		2
Loveland	Doris Gilmore	53	29 Oct 1902		19 Sep 1986	83		1	1
Man at Doorway	Charles Saynor	53	12 Dec 1902		6 May 1979	76	1	1	2
Marguerite	April Olrich	22	17 Jul 1933		15 Apr 2014	80	1		1
Mason	Yvonne Manners	37	17 Jun 1918		15 Jun 2001	82		1	1
Nick	Paul Carpenter	34	8 Dec 1921		12 Jun 1964	42	5		5
Operator	Mark Kingston	22	18 Apr 1934		9 Oct 2011	77		1	1
Percy	Gordon Jackson	32	19 Dec 1923		15 Jan 1990	66	3		3
Pierre	Eugene Deckers	42	22 Oct 1913		13 Jul 1977	63	2		2
Policeman	George Roderick	42	9 Oct 1913		10 Mar 1976	62	3	2	5
Policeman	Thomas Glen							1	1
Prison Chaplin	John Welsh	41	7 Nov 1914		21 Apr 1985	70	5		5
Prison Governess	Valerie White	40	26 Dec 1915		3 Dec 1975	59	1		1
Reveller	Douglas Argent	35	21 May 1921		30 Oct 2010	89		1	1
Reveller	Sidney Brahms							1	1
Reveller	Stratford Johns	30	22 Sep 1925		29 Jan 2002	76		1	1
Scrubber	Babs Love							1	1
Scrubber	Toots Pounds	58	17 Nov 1897		7 Jan 1976	78		2	2
Scrubber	Vi Stevens	64	28 Nov 1891		20 Mar 1967	75		1	1
Warder	David Lodge	34	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10	1	11

Original Poster

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Footnotes

American director Elmo Williams was much better known as a Film Editor. He also co-produced the 1962 epic about the D-Day landings, “The Longest Day”.

Uncredited Muriel Young was a popular presenter for ITV children’s programmes between 1959 and 1968.

Uncredited Stratford Johns played Inspector Barlow in BBC TV’s long running police series “Z Cars”.

1956 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes