Rich old businessman suspects his much younger wife of cheating on him. When his weak heart forces him to have a risky surgery he leaves a videotaped last will and testament – with a sadistic twist.
Production Details
© 1984 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, All rights reserved
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: 12th September 1984
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Cast & Crew
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
American Casting | William J Kenney | 45 | 29 May 1939 | 30 Dec 1992 | 53 | 13 | 13 | ||
American Casting | Daniel Travis | 14 | 14 | ||||||
Art Director | Carolyn Scott | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Assistant Art Director | Andrew Ackland-Snow | 23 | 15 Apr 1961 | 15.04.1961 | 63 | 3 | 3 | ||
Assistant Director | Ken Baker | 20 | 20 | ||||||
Assistant to Producer | Karen Woods | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Assistant to Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/laura-nightingale/# | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 56 | 21 Aug 1928 | 10 Mar 2020 | 91 | 14 | 14 | ||
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettit | 48 | 1936 | 2002 | 66 | 14 | 14 | ||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 45 | Apr 1939 | 01.04.1939 | 85 | 23 | 23 | ||
Director | Robert East | 41 | 7 Jul 1943 | 7.07.1943 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director of Photography | Brian West | 56 | 27 Apr 1928 | 27.04.1928 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Dubbing Editor | Terry Poulton | 54 | 1930 | 1993 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 18 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Editor | Peter Weatherley GBFE | 54 | 1930 | Sep 2015 | 85 | 15 | 15 | ||
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 64 | 1920 | 2004 | 84 | 26 | 26 | ||
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 54 | 2 Feb 1930 | 2 Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 | 20 | ||
Hairdresser | Daphne Volmer | 56 | 15 Aug 1928 | 11 Jan 2006 | 77 | 17 | 17 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-knight/# | 59 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | Paul Patterson | 37 | 15 Jun 1947 | 15.06.1947 | 77 | 8 | 8 | ||
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/# | 76 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Original Story | Robert Quigley | 82 | 2 Nov 1901 | 19 Jan 1965 | 63 | 1 | 1 | ||
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-skeggs/# | 50 | Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 | 2 | 47 | |
Production Accountant | Sheala Daniell | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Accountant | Linda Nettleton | 35 | 1949 | 01.01.1949 | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
Production Assistant | Sheila Collins | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Production Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ron-jackson/# | 49 | 1935 | 1993 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
Publicity | Jean Garioch | 56 | 7 Jul 1928 | 21 Jan 1987 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Screenplay | Roy Russell | 66 | 1918 | 8 Jan 2015 | 97 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 61 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Still Photographer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/# | 63 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Story Editor | John Peacock | 39 | 1945 | 1 Jun 2017 | 72 | 13 | 13 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Bennett | Clifford Rose | 54 | 24 Oct 1929 | 6 Nov 2021 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Commissionaire | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/norman-mitchell/# | 66 | 27 Aug 1918 | 19 Mar 2001 | 82 | 7 | 7 | ||
Derek Tucker | Oliver Tobias | 37 | 6 Aug 1947 | 6.08.1947 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Helmut | Maciej Karas | 52 | 8 Oct 1931 | 8.10.1931 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hersh | Shane Rimmer | 55 | 28 May 1929 | 29 Mar 2019 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hotel Guest | Irene Prador | 73 | 16 Jul 1911 | 8 Jul 1996 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Jack | Kenneth Nelson | 54 | 24 Apr 1930 | 7 Oct 1993 | 63 | 1 | 1 | ||
Linda | Wendy Seely | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Marcello | Robert Rietty | 61 | 8 Feb 1923 | 3 Apr 2015 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Minion | Adam Richardson | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mrs Villiers | Barbara Keogh | 63 | 21 Apr 1921 | 25 Oct 2005 | 84 | 2 | 2 | ||
Nurse | Shevaun Bryers | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Receptionist | Michael Fleming | 45 | 13 Mar 1939 | 13.03.1939 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Secretary | Geraldine Gardner | 34 | 23 Jun 1950 | 9 Jan 1987 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||
Selina Frankham | Deborah Raffin | 31 | 13 Mar 1953 | 21 Nov 2012 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||
Suprintendant | Hugh Dickson | 57 | 19 Aug 1927 | 26 Nov 2018 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Truscott | Christopher Scoular | 39 | 9 Mar 1945 | 29 Oct 2014 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||
Victor Frankham | David Langton | 72 | 16 Apr 1912 | 25 Apr 1994 | 82 | 2 | 2 |
Footnotes
David Langton starred Richard Bellamy in London Weekend Television’s popular series Upstairs Downstairs