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.

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

UK Transmission date 12th May 1969

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	William Kellner	68	30 Jul 1900		May 1996	95	7		7
Assistant Art Director	George Lack	51	1918		Jul 2014	96	7		7
Assistant Director	Bluey Hill	57	27 Nov 1911		Apr 1986	74	5		5
Based on a story by	Frederick Rawlings	53	19 Aug 1915		2003	87	1	3	4
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	51	13 Nov 1917		17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Casting	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-liggat/#	49	1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Continuity	Estelle Stewart						8		8
Director	Gerry OHara	44	1 Oct 1924		9 Jan 2023	98	1		1
Director of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	49	17 Jan 1920		May 1993	73	9		9
Editor	Sid Stone	54	1915		18 Nov 1981	66	4		4
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann						17		17
Executive Producer	Joan Harrison	61	26 Jun 1907		14 Aug 1994	87	15		15
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan							29	29
Hair Stylist	Mibs Parker						8		8
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	36	19 Nov 1932		17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	Bill Partleton	58	12 Jan 1911		Apr 1975	64	6		6
Music Composer	John Patrick Scott	38	1 Nov 1930	01.11.1930		93	3		3
Music Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	61	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Post Production Consultant	Robert Mintz						17		17
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	46	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	1	87
Production Manager	John Oldknow	42	5 Mar 1927		10 Apr 1989	62	16		16
Second Assistant Director	Graham Fowler	20	22 Mar 1949	22.03.1949		75		3	3
Sound Editor	Brian Hickin	29	7 Jun 1939		30 Oct 2023	84	10		10
Sound Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-baker/#	41	Jul 1927		Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Sound Recordist	Stan Smart						8		8
Story Editor	John Gould	33	1936		21 Apr 1974	38	19		19
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	49	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Unit Manager	Christopher Neame	26	24 Dec 1942		12 Jun 2011		15	9	24
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson						13		13
Written	Stanley Miller						1		1

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Betty	Joyce Blair	36	4 Nov 1932		19 Sep 2006	73	1		1
Chris	David Warbeck	27	17 Nov 1941		23 Jul 1997	55	3		3
Dirk	Kenneth Haigh	38	25 Mar 1931		4 Feb 2018	86	2		2
Faith	Judy Parfitt	33	7 Nov 1935	7.11.1935		88	1		1
Golfer	Tom Gill	52	26 Jul 1916		22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Harry	Douglas Wilmer	49	8 Jan 1920		31 Mar 2016	96	4		4
Jeff	Joseph Cotton	63	15 May 1905		6 Feb 1994	88	1		1
Lisa	Carol Cleveland	27	13 Jan 1942	13.01.1942		82	2		2
Second Asst. Director	David Baxter	42	9 Oct 1926	9.10.1926		98	1		1
Wardrobe dresser	Hugh Futcher	31	29 Oct 1937	29.10.1937		86	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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