The Masks of Death

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.

Production Details

A Tyburn Production
72 Mins
TV Film

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Hammer Connections


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Tyburn Productions	Hammer Productions
Assistant Director	Brian Lawrence	64	31 Dec 1919		1 Jan 2004	84	1	25
Assistant Picture Editor	John Beaton	55	1 Jan 1929		14 Jan 2005	76	1	2
Camera Operator	Ray Sturgess	56	28 Oct 1928		1 Jan 2000	71	2	2
Director	Roy Ward Baker	58	18 Dec 1916		5 Oct 2010	93	1	8
Editing	Chris Barnes	37	31 Dec 1937		5 Jun 2009	71	1	1
Makeup Artist	Roy Ashton						4	40
Music	Philip Martell	77	5 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	4	105
Music	Malcolm Williamson	43	20 Nov 1931		2 Mar 2003	71	1	3
Production Manager	Clifton Brandon	57	25 Jan 1927		20 Sep 2018	91	1	1
Re-Recording Mixer	Otto Snel	47	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	2	11
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	57	30 Jun 1927		1 Feb 2011	83	5	30
Wardrobe	Jean Fairlie	60	24 Jun 1924		1 Jan 2007	82	1	1
Writer	Anthony Hinds	52	17 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	3	88

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Tyburn Productions	Hammer Productions
Alec Macdonald	Gordon Jackson	61	18 Dec 1923		15 Jan 1990	66	1	3
Alfred Coombs	Russell Hunter	59	17 Feb 1925		26 Feb 2004	79	1	1
Anton Von Felseck	Marcus Gilbert	26	28 Jul 1958	28.07.1958		65	1	1
Frederick Baines	James Cossins	51	3 Dec 1933		12 Feb 1997	63	1	5
Graf Udo Von Felseck	Anton Diffring	68	19 Oct 1916		19 May 1989	72	1	3
Mrs. Hudson	Jenny Laird	72	12 Feb 1912		31 Oct 2001	89	1	1
Sherlock Holmes	Peter Cushing	71	25 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	3	25

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Footnotes

This was Peter Cushing’s final television production before his death on August 11, 1994 at the age of 81. It is also The final time he would play Sherlock Holmes.

1984 BBFC Cert. “PG”

Production Details

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