The Body Stealers

In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-beam of alien origin.

Production Details

A Tigon Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
91 Mins

Stills from film

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Hammer Connections

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	HAMMER PRODUCTIONS
Continuity	Renee Glynne	No	42	3 Aug 1926	6 Apr 2022	95	43
Directed	Vernon Sewell	Yes	65	4 Jul 1903	21 Jun 2001	97	6
Producer	Louis M. Heyward	Yes	48	24 Jun 1920	26 Mar 2002	81	1
Production Manager	Alex Carver-Hill	Yes	30	17 Aug 1938		87	1
Screenplay	Louis M. Heyward	Yes	48	24 Jun 1920	26 Mar 2002	81	1
Sound Mixer	Kevin Sutton	Yes					3
CAST
Acolyte	Fred Wood	No	47	26 Oct 1921	25 Jan 2003	81	19
Elder	Michael Gough	Yes	52	23 Nov 1916	17 Mar 2011	94	3
Eve Morley	Virginia Wetherell	Yes	25	9 May 1943		82	2
Girl At Party	Jeannette Wild	No					3
Morley	Christopher Lee	Yes	46	27 May 1922	7 Jun 2015	93	22
Second Driver In Car Chase	Douglas Mitchell	Yes					1
Sergeant Tyson	Roger Avon	Yes	54	23 Nov 1914	21 Dec 1998	84	3
The Vicar	Rupert Davies	Yes	52	22 May 1916	22 Nov 1976	60	1
Woman With Whip	Nita Lorraine	Yes	26	23 Jan 1942		83	1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

When the aliens’ spaceship appears, the model used is the same one from Amicus’s Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), but repainted in a lighter shade.

1969 BBFC Cert. “X”

Production Details

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Hammer Connections

Original Poster

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