An American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife’s murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence.
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
Black & White 80 mins
Filming Began: 1st May 1953
UK Release: 25th October 1954
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Cast – Verified complete
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Art Director | J. Elder Wills | 54 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
Assembly Cutter | Henry Richardson | 18 | 13 Jan 1936 | 31 Jul 2017 | 81 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 26 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 |
Boom Operator | Percy Britten | 35 | 1 Oct 1919 | 1996 | 76 | 23 | 23 | |
Camera Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/# | 38 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 63 | 2 | 65 |
Clapper Loader | Tom Friswell | 24 | 1930 | 2002 | 72 | 18 | 18 | |
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 28 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 |
Director | Montgomery Tully | 50 | 6 May 1904 | 10 Oct 1988 | 84 | 4 | 4 | |
Director of Photography | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/walter-harvey/# | 51 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 35 | 35 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 35 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 113 | 1 | 114 |
Focus Puller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 33 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 3 | 53 | 56 |
Hairdresser | Nina Broe | 1993 | 11 | 11 | ||||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 46 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | |
Music Composed & Conducted | Ivor Slaney | 33 | 27 May 1921 | 20 Mar 1998 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Music Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/# | 38 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 40 |
Presenter | Robert Lippert | 45 | 31 Mar 1909 | 16 Nov 1976 | 67 | 8 | 8 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 32 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 |
Production Manager | John (Pinky) Green | 45 | 14 Feb 1909 | Jul 1978 | 69 | 7 | 7 | |
Production Secretary | Jean Tisdale | 1 | 1 | |||||
Recordist | Bill Salter | 1983 | 17 | 17 | ||||
Screenplay | Steve Fisher | 42 | 29 Aug 1912 | 27 Mar 1980 | 67 | 2 | 2 | |
Stock Music | Malcolm Arnold | 33 | 21 Oct 1921 | 23 Sep 2006 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Wardrobe | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 45 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Canteen Waitress | Jacquline McKenzie | 25 | 1929 | 95 | 1 | 1 | ||
Clerk | John Warren | 37 | 13 Nov 1916 | 1977 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Cop | Kenneth Brown | 22 | 20 Jan 1932 | 17 Mar 1997 | 65 | 1 | 1 | |
Detective at Anns Apartment | Russell Napier | 43 | 28 Nov 1910 | 19 Aug 1974 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Detective at murder scene | Frank Swart | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Detective Sgt Blake | John Wynn | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Driver | Robert O’Neal | 1 | 1 | |||||
Fake Detective | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/joe-phelps/# | 7 | 7 | |||||
Fake detective | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/lindsay-hooper/# | 10 | 10 | |||||
Fingerprint man | Pat Hagan | 61 | 19 Mar 1893 | 15 Sep 1987 | 94 | 3 | 3 | |
Harry Cross, desk clerk | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harold-lang/# | 31 | 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 | 8 | |
Henry Slosson | Kenneth Griffith | 33 | 12 Oct 1921 | 25 Jun 2006 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
Joe | Lee Patterson | 25 | 31 Mar 1929 | 14 Feb 2007 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |
Katherine "Katie" Rogers | Elsie Albin | 32 | 17 Dec 1921 | 3 Apr 2009 | 87 | 1 | 1 | |
Major Bill Rogers | Dan Duryea | 47 | 23 Jan 1907 | 7 Jun 1968 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
Man in theatre foyer | Ned Hood | 1 | 1 | |||||
Man in theatre foyer | Richard Duke | 2 | 2 | |||||
Mrs Hart | Christine Adrian | 45 | 3 Oct 1909 | 16 Oct 1956 | 47 | 2 | 2 | |
Ned Palmer | Stephen Vercoe | 33 | 19 Mar 1921 | Jul 1997 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |
Orville Hart | John Chandos | 37 | 27 Jul 1917 | 21 Sep 1987 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
Pam Palmer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marianne-stone/# | 32 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
Police Photographer | Fred Davis | 18 | 1 Sep 1936 | 26 Oct 1988 | 52 | 4 | 4 | |
Police Photographer | Ian Selby | 5 | 5 | |||||
Pop - Pilot | Robert Henderson | 49 | 19 Dec 1904 | 9 Sep 1985 | 80 | 1 | 1 | |
Sergeant | Richard Ford | 1 | 1 | |||||
Sister Jenny Miller | Ann Gudrun | 28 | 12 Mar 1926 | 14 May 2024 | 98 | 1 | 1 | |
Slossen, the smuggler | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eric-pohlmann/# | 41 | 18 Jul 1913 | 25 Jul 1979 | 66 | 7 | 7 | |
Soup kitchen supervisor | Jane Carr | 45 | 1 Aug 1909 | 29 Sep 1957 | 48 | 2 | 2 | |
The Inspector | Michael Golden | 41 | 15 Aug 1913 | 1983 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Wren | Angela Glynne | 21 | 7 Sep 1933 | 22 Apr 2008 | 74 | 2 | 2 | |
Wren | Cleo Rose | 3 | 3 | |||||
Wren | Gabrielle Blunt | 35 | 8 Jan 1919 | 10 Jun 2014 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wren | Sheila Berry | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Character actor Eric Pohlmann went on to provide the voice for Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965). He also appeared in 6 other Hammer films – “The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Blood Orange (1952), Break in the Circle (1955), The Glass Cage (1955), Further Up the Creek (1958) and Passport to China (1960).
Ann Gudrun played “Supergran” in the 1885 ITV series of the same name.
On 16th November 1970, Harold Lang died of a heart attack whilst travelling through Egypt.