Do Me a Favor and Kill Me

A has-been actor wants his agent to kill him so that his wife will benefit from the insurance money, but soon has a change of heart.

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

Hammer Film Productions
Copyright © MCMLXVIII
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television
William Self – In charge

UK Transmission date 12th May 1969

Studio:
MGM Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

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Cast & Crew

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	William Kellner	Yes	68	30 Jul 1900	1 May 1996	95	7		7
Assistant Art Director	George Lack	Yes	51	1918	1 Jul 2014	96	7		7
Assistant Director	Bluey Hill	Yes	57	27 Nov 1911	1 Apr 1986	74	5		5
Based on a story by	Frederick Rawlings	Yes	53	19 Aug 1915	2003	87	1	3	4
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	Yes	51	13 Nov 1917	17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Casting	James Liggat	Yes	49	1920	28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Continuity	Estelle Stewart	Yes					8		8
Director	Gerry OHara	Yes	44	1 Oct 1924	9 Jan 2023	98	1		1
Director of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	Yes	49	17 Jan 1920	1 May 1993	73	9		9
Editor	Sid Stone	Yes	54	1915	18 Nov 1981	66	4		4
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann	Yes					17		17
Executive Producer	Joan Harrison	Yes	61	26 Jun 1907	14 Aug 1994	87	15		15
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan	No						29	29
Hair Stylist	Mibs Parker	Yes					8		8
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	Yes	36	19 Nov 1932	17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	Bill Partleton	Yes	58	12 Jan 1911	1 Apr 1975	64	6		6
Music Composer	John Patrick Scott	Yes	38	1 Nov 1930		94	3		3
Music Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	61	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Post Production Consultant	Robert Mintz	Yes					17		17
Producer	Anthony Hinds	Yes	46	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	John Oldknow	Yes	42	5 Mar 1927	10 Apr 1989	62	16		16
Second Assistant Director	Graham Fowler	No	20	22 Mar 1949		76		3	3
Sound Editor	Brian Hickin	Yes	29	7 Jun 1939	30 Oct 2023	84	10		10
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	Yes	41	1 Jul 1927	Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Sound Recordist	Stan Smart	Yes					8		8
Story Editor	John Gould	Yes	33	1936	21 Apr 1974	38	19		19
Supervising Editor	James Needs	Yes	49	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Unit Manager	Christopher Neame	Yes	26	24 Dec 1942	12 Jun 2011		15	9	24
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson	Yes					13		13
Written	Stanley Miller	Yes					1		1
CAST		Yes
Betty	Joyce Blair	Yes	36	4 Nov 1932	19 Sep 2006	73	1		1
Chris	David Warbeck	Yes	27	17 Nov 1941	23 Jul 1997	55	3		3
Dirk	Kenneth Haigh	Yes	38	25 Mar 1931	4 Feb 2018	86	2		2
Faith	Judy Parfitt	Yes	33	7 Nov 1935		89	1		1
Golfer	Tom Gill	Yes	52	26 Jul 1916	22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Harry	Douglas Wilmer	Yes	49	8 Jan 1920	31 Mar 2016	96	4		4
Jeff	Joseph Cotton	Yes	63	15 May 1905	6 Feb 1994	88	1		1
Lisa	Carol Cleveland	Yes	27	13 Jan 1942		83	2		2
Second Asst. Director	David Baxter	Yes	42	9 Oct 1926		99	1		1
Wardrobe dresser	Hugh Futcher	Yes	31	29 Oct 1937		87	2		2

Footnotes

Joseph Cotton played Baron Frankenstein in the Condor International Productions film Lady Frankenstein (1971).

Douglas Wilmer appeared in the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts.

Carol Cleveland appeared in all of the “Monty Python” films.

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