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

Click an image for enlarged slideshow

Hammer Connections


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Tigon Productions	Hammer Productions
First Assistant Director	Pat Morton	39	31 Dec 1929		1 Jan 2015	85	1	5
Hairdresser	Olga Angelinetta	66	30 Apr 1902		1 Jan 1981	78	3	3
Makeup Artist	Roy Ashton	59	15 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	2	40
Makeup Artist	Bunty Phillips						2	1
Production Manager	John Workman	48	27 May 1920		1 Jan 1973	52	1	2
Sound Mixer	Bob Peck						1	1

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Tigon Productions	Hammer Productions
1st Control Officer	Dennis Chinnery	41	13 May 1927		29 Feb 2012	84	1	1
Bob Megan	Patrick Allen	41	16 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	1	4
Dispatch Driver	Michael Goldie	37	25 Feb 1932		17 Jun 2013	81	1	1
Gen. Armstrong	George Sanders	62	2 Jul 1906		24 Apr 1972	65	2	1
Hindesmith	Allan Cuthbertson	48	6 Apr 1920		8 Feb 1988	67	1	2
Mrs. Thatcher	Shelagh Fraser	48	24 Nov 1920		29 Aug 2000	79	2	1
Paula	Carol Hawkins	20	31 Jan 1949	31.01.1949		75	1	1
Pilot Officer Briggs	Carl Rigg	27	21 May 1941	21.05.1941		82	1	1
Villager (Uncredited)	John Clifford						1	1

Original Poster

Click to enlarge

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

Stills from film

Hammer Connections

Original Poster

Footnotes