The Mind of Mr Soames

Since his birth, 30 years ago, John Soames has been in a coma. Now he’s operated on and brought to life in a neurologic clinic. They plan to make him develop from a 30 years old baby to a man, but there’s no time for the love and care a normal baby would receive.

Production Details

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
98 Mins

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Hammer Connections

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	HAMMER PRODUCTIONS
Art Direction	Don Mingaye	Yes	41	1929	8 Nov 2017	88	43
Camera Operator	David Harcourt	Yes	55	27 Sep 1915	5 May 2013	97	4
Camera Operator: Special Unit	John Howard	No					2
Continuity	Kay Rawlings	Yes	52	1918	Jul 1981	63	3
Director	Alan Cooke	Yes	44	29 Mar 1926	9 Oct 1994	68	1
Make-up Artist	Jill Carpenter	Yes			4 Mar 2015		3
Producer	Max Rosenberg	Yes	56	13 Sep 1914	14 Jun 2004	89	1
Production Design	Bill Constable	Yes	64	8 Mar 1906	22 Aug 1989	83	1
Production Manager	John Comfort	No	35	20 Jul 1935	18 Dec 2019	84	1
Second Assistant Director	Ariel Levy	Yes	26	12 Mar 1944		81	4
Set Dresser	Andrew Low	Yes					5
Sound Mixer	John Aldred	Yes	49	1 Aug 1921	15 Dec 2020	99	1
Stunts	Peter Diamond	No	41	10 Aug 1929	27 Mar 2004	74	29
CAST
Doctor at Clinic	Reg Thomason	No	51	29 Nov 1918	30 Aug 2003	84	5
Doctor at Clinic	Walter Henry	No	48	24 Oct 1921	21 Feb 2005	83	5
Jenny Bannerman	Judy Parfitt	Yes	34	7 Nov 1935		89	1
Journalist	Alan Lake	Yes	29	24 Nov 1940	10 Oct 1984	43	1
Man at Railway Station	George Hildson	No	63	25 Apr 1907	28 May 1982	75	7
Man Carrying Flowers	Ernie Rice	No	73	17 Nov 1896	1979	82	7
Man Observing Operation	Philip Stewart	No					4
Man Observing Soames	Jack Armstrong	No					8
Nicholls	Dan Jackson	Yes	44	2 Dec 1925	18 Nov 2004	78	1
Old Man In Car	Joe Gladwin	Yes	64	22 Jan 1906	11 Mar 1987	81	1
Pub Patron	Jim O’Brady	No	63	13 May 1907	1 Jan 1991	83	18
Pub Patron	Daniel Brown	No					6
Pub Patron	Jack Sharp	No	56	1 Jan 1914	24 May 1972	58	4
Pub Patron	Harry Van Engel	No	39	26 Apr 1931		94	2
Pub Patron (Reading Paper)	Fred Wood	Yes	48	26 Oct 1921	25 Jan 2003	81	19
Sgt. Clifford	Billy Cornelius	Yes	36	18 Aug 1934		90	1
Thomas Fleming	Christian Roberts	Yes	26	17 Mar 1944	26 Dec 2022	78	1
Thomas Fleming (voice)	Robert Rietty	Yes	47	8 Feb 1923	3 Apr 2015	92	3

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Footnotes

Alan Lake (married to Hammer actress Diana Dors) is one of the journalists in observation area, watching the of surgery on John Soames. He also appeared for Hammer in the Journey to the Unknown episode Paint Me a Murder.

1970 BBFC Cert. “AA”

Production Details

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