The Deadly Bees

Pop singer Vicki Robbins collapses from exhaustion while shooting the 1960s equivalent of a music video, and her physician prescribes a respite on Seagull Island with colleague and beekeeper Ralph Hargrove. When a mysterious swarm of specially-bred attack bees starts killing island residents, Vicki fights for her survival.

Production Details

An Amicus Production
Produced at Twickenham Film Studios
84 Mins

Stills from film

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Hammer Connections

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	HAMMER PRODUCTIONS
Art Director	Bill Constable	Yes	61	8 Mar 1906		22 Aug 1989	83	1
Associate Art Director	Don Mingaye	No	38	1929		8 Nov 2017	88	43
Boom Operator	Ken Nightingall	No	37	21 Apr 1929		19 May 2020	91	3
Camera Operator	Alan Hall	Yes	38	1929		2012	83	1
Conductor / Musical Director	Philip Martell	No	59	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	105
Continuity	Pamela Davies	Yes	45	1922		5 Jan 1986		1
Director	Freddie Francis	Yes	49	22 Dec 1917		17 Mar 2007	89	6
Director of Photography	John Wilcox BSc	Yes	61	7 May 1905		31 May 1979	74	7
Focus Puller	Kenneth J Warren	No	37	25 Sep 1929		27 Aug 1973	43	2
Focus Puller: Second Unit	Geoff Glover	No	33	1934	01/01/1934		91	3
Hairdresser	Bobbie Smith	Yes						1
Make-up Artist	Jill Carpenter	Yes				4 Mar 2015		3
Music	Wilfred Josephs	Yes	39	24 Jul 1927		17 Nov 1997	70	3
Musical Director	Philip Martell	Yes	59	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	105
Producer	Max Rosenberg	Yes	52	13 Sep 1914		14 Jun 2004	89	1
Production Buyer	Eric Hillier	No	47	1920		1975	55	17
Props	Peter Allchorne	No	42	1925	01/01/1925		100	9
Publicist	Dora Dobson	No	49	1918		30 Dec 2011	93	1
Screenplay	Robert Bloch	Yes	49	5 Apr 1917		23 Sep 1994	77	2
Set Decoration	Andrew Low	Yes						5
Sound Recordist	Ken Rawkins	Yes	49	1 Jan 1918		1971	53	18
Special Effects	Michael Collins	Yes						2
CAST
Agent	Maurice Good	Yes	34	8 Jun 1932		10 May 2013	80	1
Coroner	James Cossins	Yes	33	4 Dec 1933		12 Feb 1997	63	5
David Hawkins	Michael Ripper	Yes	54	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	36
Doctor	Frank Forsyth	Yes	61	19 Dec 1905		2 May 1984	78	6
Doris Hawkins	Katy Wild	Yes	26	23 Apr 1940			85	1
Dr. George Lang	Michael Gwynn	Yes	50	30 Nov 1916		29 Jan 1976	59	4
Harcourt	Tim Barrett	Yes	37	31 May 1929		20 Aug 1990	61	1
Inspector	Alister Williamson	Yes	48	17 Jun 1918		19 May 1999	80	4
Manager's Secretary	Caron Gardner	No	26	9 Jan 1941			84	3
Mary Hargrove	Catherine Finn	Yes	52	7 Feb 1915		1 Mar 1980	65	2
Thompson	John Harvey	Yes	55	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	13
Vicki Robbins	Suzanna Leigh	Yes	21	26 Jul 1945		11 Dec 2017	72	3

Original Poster

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Footnotes

At the start of the film, the group The Birds features guitarist Ronnie Wood – later of The Faces and The Rolling Stones fame. He’s on the far right of the screen.

1967 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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