A crippled woman takes pleasure in tormenting her son, blaming him for her condition. Years later, the son returns home with his wife and newborn only to find himself still under her influence and twisted from her prolonged mental abuse.
Production Details
A Tyburn Production
95 Mins
Stills from film
Click an image for enlarged slideshow
Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Tyburn Productions | Hammer Productions |
Continuity | Tilly Day | 71 | 31 Dec 1902 | 1 Jan 1994 | 91 | 1 | 12 |
Director | Don Chaffey | 57 | 4 Aug 1917 | 13 Nov 1990 | 73 | 1 | 6 |
Director Of Photography | Kenneth Talbot | 54 | 16 Jan 1920 | 1 May 1993 | 73 | 1 | 9 |
Makeup Artist | Roy Ashton | 65 | 15 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 4 | 40 |
Sound Editor | Roy Baker | 47 | 30 Jun 1927 | 1 Feb 2011 | 83 | 5 | 30 |
Sound Recordist | Ken Barker | 56 | 31 Dec 1917 | 13 Feb 2001 | 83 | 3 | 10 |
Wardrobe Supervisor | Rosemary Burrows | 1 | 41 | ||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Tyburn Productions | Hammer Productions |
David Masters | Ralph Bates | 34 | 11 Feb 1940 | 27 Mar 1991 | 51 | 1 | 5 |
Dr. Ross | Ronald Howard | 56 | 6 Apr 1918 | 19 Dec 1996 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
Janie Masters | Suzan Farmer | 32 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 1 | 4 |
Mrs. Banks | Shelagh Fraser | 53 | 24 Nov 1920 | 29 Aug 2000 | 79 | 1 | 1 |
Robert Masters | Patrick Allen | 47 | 16 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2006 | 79 | 1 | 4 |
Original Poster
Click to enlarge
Footnotes
Trevor Howard thought this was his worst film appearance. He said his performance just consisted of a scene in a hallway, and another shot in London Zoo.
This was Suzan Farmer’s final film.