Last Video and Testament

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.

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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: 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

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David Langton starred Richard Bellamy in London Weekend Television’s popular series Upstairs Downstairs

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