The Madison Equation

Inga and Ralph Madison develop a computer with artificial intelligence and a personality. Jealous Ralph tries to programme the computer to kill his wife, but the computer has a mind of its own.

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

Hammer Film Productions
Copyright © MCMLXVIII
Filmed at Intertel Studios by Addavision
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television
William Self – In charge

UK Transmission date 2nd June 1969

Locations:
MGM Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire – Studio
Pond Square, Highgate, London – Frost arrives in a Mini to meet with Shea

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Cast & Crew

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	Keith Norman	Yes					1		1
Assistant Director	David Alexander	Yes	55	22 Jan 1914	6 Mar 1983	69	1		1
Casting	James Liggat	Yes	49	1920	28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Continuity	Jennifer Phillips	Yes					1		1
Director	Rex Firkin	Yes	42	3 Jul 1926	7 Dec 2014	88	1		1
Director of Photography	David Muir	Yes	34	16 Apr 1935		90	2		2
Editor	Ronald J. Fagan	Yes	41	6 Apr 1928	21 Oct 2000	72	4		4
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann	Yes					17		17
Executive Producer	Norman Lloyd	Yes	54	8 Nov 1914	11 May 2021	106	11		11
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan	No						29	29
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	Yes	36	19 Nov 1932	17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	Norma Camara	Yes	35	15 Feb 1934		91	1		1
Music Composer	Jack Nathan	Yes	58	23 Aug 1910	23 Mar 1990	89	1		1
Music Composer	Basil Kirchin	Yes	41	8 Aug 1927	18 Jun 2005	77	2		2
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 Associate	Harry Fine	Yes	57	20 Feb 1912	1 May 1997	85	6		6
Sound Editor	Brian Hickin	Yes	29	7 Jun 1939	30 Oct 2023	84	10		10
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	Yes	41	1 Jul 1927	1 Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Sound Recordist	Bob Peck	Yes					1		1
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
Wardrobe	Dolly Hodges	Yes					13		13
Written	Michael J. Bird	Yes	40	31 Oct 1928	11 May 2001	72	4		4
CAST
Adam Frost	Jack Hedley	Yes	39	28 Oct 1929	11 Dec 2021	92	4		4
Barbara Rossiter	Sue Lloyd	Yes	29	7 Aug 1939	20 Oct 2011	72	3		3
Fire Officer	Timothy Parkes	Yes					1		1
Frederick Shea	Aubrey Morris	Yes	43	1 Jun 1926	15 Jul 2015	89	3		3
General Wanamaker	Lionel Murton	Yes	53	2 Jun 1915	26 Sep 2006	91	3		3
Inga Madison	Barbara Bel Geddes	Yes	46	31 Oct 1922	8 Aug 2005	82	1		1
Ralph Madison	Allan Cuthbertson	Yes	49	7 Apr 1920	8 Feb 1988	67	3		3
Sir Gerald Walters	Tenniel Evans	Yes	43	17 May 1926	10 Jun 2009	83	2		2
Stuart Crosbie	Paul Daneman	Yes	43	29 Oct 1925	28 Apr 2001	75	1		1

Footnotes

Barbara Bel Geddes is arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch on the long-running Lorrimar Production’s TV series Dallas (1978).

Jack Hedley also appeared for Hammer in The Scarlet Blade (1963), The Secret of Blood Island (1965) and The Anniversary (1968). He also provided the voice for the parrot in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

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