A WWII fighter plane crashes and although the pilot escapes, his partner burns. Years later, Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie by her mother. The house has a dilapidated tennis court, but this seems to have some force which takes over the daughter of John Bray, the local holy man, as well as causing tennis balls to gush blood and kill people with animated nets.
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: 27th June 1985
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
American Casting | Daniel Travis | 12 | 12 | ||||||
American Casting | William J Kenney | 46 | 29 May 1939 | 30 Dec 1992 | 53 | 12 | 12 | ||
Art Director | Heather Armitage | 43 | 01 Jan 1942 | 01.01.1942 | 82 | 6 | 6 | ||
Assistant Art Director | Steve Hardie | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Assistant Director | Ken Baker | 18 | 18 | ||||||
Assistant to Producer | Karen Woods | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Based on a short story by | Michael Hastings | 46 | 2 Sep 1938 | 19 Nov 2011 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Operator | Ken Withers | 56 | 21 Aug 1928 | 10 Mar 2020 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Casting Director | Lesley de Pettit | 49 | 1 Jan 1936 | 1 Jan 2002 | 66 | 14 | 14 | ||
Continuity | Lorely Farley | 46 | 01 Apr 1939 | 01.04.1939 | 84 | 22 | 22 | ||
Coutume Supervisor | Laura Nightingale | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Director | Paul Annett | 48 | 19 Feb 1937 | 11 Dec 2017 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director of Photography | Frank Watts BSc | 56 | 13 Jun 1929 | 5 Mar 1994 | 64 | 15 | 15 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Terry Poulton | 55 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jan 1993 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
Dubbing Mixer | Ernie Marsch | 13 | 13 | ||||||
Editor | Peter Weatherley GBFE | 55 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Sep 2015 | 85 | 15 | 15 | ||
Executive Producer | Brian Lawrence | 65 | 1 Jan 1920 | 1 Jan 2004 | 84 | 25 | 25 | ||
Executive Story Editor | Don Houghton | 55 | 1 Jan 1930 | 1 Jul 1991 | 61 | 20 | 20 | ||
Hairdresser | Betty Sherriff | 59 | 29 Sep 1925 | 1 Jan 2000 | 74 | 10 | 10 | ||
Make-up | Eddie Knight | 60 | 14 Mar 1925 | 27 Aug 1996 | 71 | 31 | 31 | ||
Music Composer | Anthony Payne | 48 | 2 Aug 1936 | 30 Apr 2021 | 84 | 2 | 2 | ||
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 77 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Producer | Roy Skeggs | 51 | 1 Apr 1934 | 29 Dec 2018 | 84 | 45 | 1 | 46 | |
Production Accountant | Linda Nettleton | 36 | 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 | 50 | 1 Jan 1935 | 1 Jan 1993 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
Publicity | Jean Garioch | 57 | 01 Jan 1928 | 01.01.1928 | 96 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Screenplay | Andrew Sinclair | 50 | 21 Jan 1935 | 30 May 2019 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Recordist | Eddie Haben | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Recordist | John Bramall | 61 | 18 Aug 1923 | 13 Jun 2000 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Special Effects Technician | Chris Verner | 35 | 13 Dec 1949 | 13.12.1949 | 74 | 3 | 3 | ||
Still Photographer | John Jay | 64 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Story Editor | John Peacock | 40 | 1 Jan 1945 | 1 Jun 2017 | 72 | 13 | 13 | ||
Wardrobe Mistress | Babs Gray | 60 | 1 Jan 1925 | 1 Jan 2007 | 82 | 3 | 3 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Bobby | David Cheesman | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Eileen | Isla Blair | 40 | 29 Sep 1944 | 29.09.1944 | 79 | 2 | 2 | ||
Eldridge | George Little | 56 | 6 Nov 1928 | 8 Jan 2022 | 93 | 1 | 1 | ||
Harry | Jonathan Newth | 46 | 6 Mar 1939 | 6.03.1939 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Innes | Annis Joslin | 1 | 1 | ||||||
John Bray | Peter Graves | 59 | 18 Mar 1926 | 14 Mar 2010 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Maggie Dowl | Hannah Gordon | 44 | 9 Apr 1941 | 9.04.1941 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Magnusson | Cyril Shaps | 61 | 13 Oct 1923 | 1 Jan 2003 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Matron | Peggy Sinclair | 39 | 01 Jan 1946 | 01.01.1946 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Raymond Maryott | Ralph Arliss | 37 | 11 Sep 1947 | 11.09.1947 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
Young Bray | Marcus Gilbert | 26 | 29 Jul 1958 | 29.07.1958 | 65 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
Peter Graves played Jim Phelps in the Paramount Television series Mission Impossible (1966-73). He also played Captain Clarence Oveur in the “Airplane” films.