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…

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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

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Cast & Crew


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Assistant Art Director	Peta Button	43	1 Jul 1941	1.07.1941		82	4		4
Assistant Director	Ken Baker						18		18
Assistant to Producer	Karen Woods						6		6
Associate Camerman	Terry Cole						4		4
Associate Producer	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		82	6		6
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14	1	15
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	01 Apr 1939	01.04.1939		84	22		22
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale						35		35
Director	John Hough	42	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		82	6		6
Director of Photography	Brian West	56	27 Apr 1928	27.04.1928		95	8	1	9
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	54	1 Jan 1930		1 Jan 1993	63	16	1	17
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	54	1 Jan 1930		1 Sep 2015	85	15		15
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	64	1 Jan 1920		1 Jan 2004	84	25		25
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	54	1 Jan 1930		1 Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	56	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	Eddie Knight	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Paul Patterson	37	15 Jun 1947	15.06.1947		76	8		8
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	Roy Skeggs	50	1 Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	1	46
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	35	01 Jan 1949	01.01.1949		75	13		13
Production Accountant	Sheala Daniell						13		13
Production Assistant	Sheila Collins						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	49	1 Jan 1935		1 Jan 1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	56	01 Jan 1928	01.01.1928		4	13	1	14
Screenplay	Martin Worth	58	1 Nov 1926		1 Jul 2018	91	1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Still Photographer	John Jay	63	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Hammer Uncredited	Total Hammer
Clifford	Stephen Greif	40	26 Aug 1944		23 Dec 2022	78	1		1
Doctor	Bernard Horsfall	53	20 Nov 1930		28 Jan 2013	82	1		1
Gary	Stephan Chase	39	8 Feb 1945		27 Jun 2019	74	1		1
Michael / Harris	David Carradine	47	8 Dec 1936		3 Jun 2009	72	1		1
Mrs Kimble	Fanny Carby	59	2 Feb 1925		20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Prison Officer	Edward Peel	41	01 Jan 1943	01.01.1943		81	1		1
Robin	Ewan Stuart	27	8 Oct 1957	8.10.1957		66	1		1
Rosemary Richardson	Stephanie Beacham	37	28 Feb 1947	28.02.1947		77	2		2
Sarah	Lesley Dunlop	28	10 Mar 1956	10.03.1956		68	1		1

Footnotes

Stephanie Beecham played alongside Peter Cushing as Jessica van Helsing, in Hammer’s Dracula A.D.72 (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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