Although the police have termed her mother’s death a suicide, Candy Brown, a teenage girl, believes her step-father, Paul, murdered her, and sets out to prove his guilt.
Production Details
A Hammer Film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII by Clarion Films Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certilicate No. 18852
All characters and events depicted in this film are fictitious and any similatity to persons living or dead is coincidental
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Black & White 90 mins
Filming Began: 7th September 1957
UK Release: 7th July 1958
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Locations:
Villa della Pergola, Alassio, Savona, Liguria, Italy
French Rivieria, Alpes Maritimes, France
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Crew – Believed complete
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | John Stoll | 44 | 13 Dec 1913 | 25 Jun 1990 | 76 | 5 | 5 | ||
Assistant Director | Tom Walls | 46 | 31 May 1912 | 28 Nov 1992 | 80 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
Associate Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/# | 46 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 42 | 42 | ||
Camera Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/# | 42 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 53 | 2 | 55 | |
Chargehand Props | Peter Allchorne | 33 | 1925 | 01.01.1925 | 99 | 9 | 9 | ||
Conductor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/# | 42 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 40 | |
Continuity | Doreen Dearnaley | 29 | 20 Nov 1928 | 3 Feb 1992 | 63 | 13 | 13 | ||
Director | Guy Green | 44 | 5 Nov 1913 | 15 Sep 2005 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Director of Photography | Jack Asher BSc | 42 | 29 Mar 1916 | Apr 1991 | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
Dog Trainer | John Holmes | 45 | 1913 | 13 Sep 2000 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 38 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 111 | 1 | 112 | |
Editor | Bill Lenny | 30 | 1928 | 2002 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
Focus Puller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 37 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | ||
From The Snorkel by | Anthony Dawson | 41 | 18 Oct 1916 | 8 Jan 1992 | 75 | 2 | 2 | ||
Hairdresser | Henry Montsash | 52 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 16 | 16 | ||
Location Manager | Renzo Lucidi | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 50 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Music Composer | Francis Chagrin | 52 | 15 Nov 1905 | 10 Nov 1972 | 66 | 1 | 1 | ||
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 30 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 86 | 9 | 95 | |
Production Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/# | 53 | 15 Nov 1904 | Mar 1988 | 83 | 30 | 30 | ||
Re-recording | Ken Cameron | 42 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Screenplay | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 30 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
Screenplay | Peter Myers | 34 | 4 Dec 1923 | 7 Apr 1978 | 54 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound | Charles Mounteney | 47 | 30 Jul 1910 | 15 Jan 1981 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Recordist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/# | 53 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Third Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/# | 19 | 17 Jun 1939 | 17.06.1939 | 85 | 5 | 33 | 38 | |
Wardrobe | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 49 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Candy Brown | Mandy Miller | 13 | 23 Jul 1944 | 23.07.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Daily Woman | Marie Burke | 63 | 18 Oct 1894 | 21 Mar 1988 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
French Woman | Irene Prador | 46 | 16 Jul 1911 | 8 Jul 1996 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Hotel Clerk | David Ritch | 25 | 28 Jul 1932 | 3 Jun 2018 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Hotel Receptionist | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/paddy-smith/# | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Italian Gardener | Henri Vidon | 49 | 11 Nov 1908 | 31 May 1978 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jean Edwards | Betta St John | 28 | 26 Nov 1929 | 23 Jun 2023 | 93 | 1 | 1 | ||
Man in Hotel Lobby | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ernest-blyth/# | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Man in Hotel Lobby | Walter Henry | 36 | 24 Oct 1921 | 21 Feb 2005 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
Paul Decker | Peter van Eyck | 46 | 16 Jul 1911 | 15 Jul 1969 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||
Station Sergeant | Robert Rietty | 35 | 8 Feb 1923 | 3 Apr 2015 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
The Inspector | Gregoire Aslan | 50 | 28 Mar 1908 | 8 Jan 1982 | 73 | 1 | 1 | ||
Waiter | Louis Matto | 47 | 16 Aug 1910 | 16 Apr 1989 | 78 | 5 | 5 | ||
Waiter | Armand Guinie | 63 | 1895 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Wilson | William Franklyn | 32 | 22 Sep 1925 | 31 Oct 2006 | 81 | 3 | 3 | ||
With | Mary Chapman | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Betta St John also starred with Hammer favourite Christopher Lee in the 1960 horror The City of the Dead.
William Franklyn’s one other appearance for Hammer was in 1973’s The Satanic Rites of Dracula, but was probably best known for the “Schhh… You Know Who” television adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973.
The was Mandy Miller’s last film, although she continued acting in various roles for television until 1963.
The film was premiered onboard the Queen Elizabeth in May 1958, before its general release on 7th July 1958.