A Distant Scream

Lying on his deathbed, an elderly man who has spent most of his life in prison for the murder of the woman he loved is granted a supernatural chance to go back to that fateful weekend and attempt to discover what really happened…

Production Details

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.

Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited

ITV London Transmission Date: 5th November 1984

Locations:

Coverack, Cornwall – Boat entering harbour
Kynance Cove, Lizard, Cornwall
Mullion, Cornwall

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	Carolyn Scott	Yes						23		23
Assistant Art Director	Peta Button	Yes	43	1 Jul 1941			84	4		4
Assistant Director	Ken Baker	Yes						23		23
Assistant to Producer	Karen Woods	Yes						13		13
Associate Camerman	Terry Cole	Yes						4		4
Associate Producer	John Hough	Yes	42	21 Nov 1941			83	7		7
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	Yes	56	21 Aug 1928		1 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Casting	William J Kenney	Yes	45	29 May 1939		30 Dec 1992	53	13		13
Casting	Daniel Travis	Yes						14		14
Casting	Lesley de Pettit	Yes	48	1936		2002	66	15		15
Continuity	Lorely Farley	Yes	45	1 Apr 1939			86	23		23
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale	Yes						35		35
Director	John Hough	Yes	42	21 Nov 1941			83	7		7
Director of Photography	Brian West	Yes	56	27 Apr 1928			97	8	1	9
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	Yes	54	1930		1993	63	17	1	18
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch	Yes						13		13
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	Yes	54	1930		Sep 2015	85	15		15
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	Yes	64	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	Yes	54	02.02.1930		2 Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	Yes	56	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	Eddie Knight	Yes	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Paul Patterson	Yes	37	15 Jun 1947			78	8		8
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	Yes	50	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Accountant	Sheala Daniell	Yes						13		13
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	Yes	35	1949	01/01/1949		76	13		13
Production Assistant	Sheila Collins	Yes						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	Yes	49	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	Yes	56	7 Jul 1928		21 Jan 1987	58	14	1	15
Screenplay	Martin Worth	Yes	58	1 Nov 1926		Jul 2018	91	1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	Yes	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Still Photographer	John Jay	Yes	63	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
CAST		Yes
Clifford	Stephen Greif	Yes	40	26 Aug 1944		23 Dec 2022	78	1		1
Doctor	Bernard Horsfall	Yes	53	20 Nov 1930		28 Jan 2013	82	2		2
Gary	Stephan Chase	Yes	39	8 Feb 1945		27 Jun 2019	74	1		1
Michael / Harris	David Carradine	Yes	47	8 Dec 1936		3 Jun 2009	72	1		1
Mrs Kimble	Fanny Carby	Yes	59	2 Feb 1925		20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Prison Officer	Edward Peel	Yes	41	1943	01/01/1943		82	1		1
Robin	Ewan Stuart	Yes	27	8 Oct 1957			67	1		1
Rosemary Richardson	Stephanie Beacham	Yes	37	28 Feb 1947			78	2		2
Sarah	Lesley Dunlop	Yes	28	10 Mar 1956			69	1		1

Footnotes

Stephanie Beecham played alongside Peter Cushing as Jessica van Helsing, in Hammer’s Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972).

David Carradine played Caine in the popular Warner Brothers Television series Kung Fu (1972).

Stephen Greif played gang-man Harry Fenning in the BBC TV sitcom Citizen Smith

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