The Shadow of the Cat

A female house cat sees her mistress murdered by her husband and two servants, and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.

Production Details

A John Penington Production presented by B.H.P.Films
Copyright MCMLXI by B.H.P. Films Ltd. All rights reserved
MPAA Approved

All characters and incidents portrayed, and the names used herewith are ficticious and the similarity to any names, characters or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

Westrex Sound System
A B.H.P. Film produced at Bray Studios, England
Black & White 86 mins

Filming Began: 1st November 1960
UK Release: 1st May 1961

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew – Verified complete

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/#	32	1929		8 Nov 2017	88	28	15	43
Assistant Costume Designer	Yvonne Blake	21	17 Apr 1940		17 Jul 2018	78		3	3
Assistant Director	John Peverall	30	1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	44	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	53	2	55
Casting	Stuart Lyons	33	1928		23 Feb 1998	70	8		8
Cat trained by	John Holmes	48	1913		13 Sep 2000	87	1	1	2
Clapper Loader	Alan McDonald	23	1938	01.01.1938		86		14	14
Construction Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-banks/#						19	29	48
Continuity	Tilly Day	58	1903		1994	91	14	1	15
Director	John Gilling	48	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	19		19
Director of Photography	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-grant/#	46	1915		1972	57	33		33
Editor	John Pomeroy	40	1921		1979	58	1		1
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	24	27
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	40	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	57	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/#	52	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music Composed & Conducted by	Mikis Theodorakis	35	29 Jul 1925		2 Sep 2021	96	1		1
Producer	Jon Penington	39	30 Mar 1922		13 Apr 1997	75	1		1
Production Designer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/#	48	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	45	4	49
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/#	56	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	30		30
Props	Peter Allchorne	36	1925	01.01.1925		99		9	9
Second Assistant Director	Dominic Fulford	41	19 Aug 1919		23 Apr 2007	87	1	6	7
Sound Editor	Alban Streeter	31	1930	01.01.1930		94	7		7
Sound Recordist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/#	56	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Ken Cameron	45	1 Dec 1915		8 Aug 2000	84	8	2	10
Special Effects	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/les-bowie/#	47	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	30	13	43
Special Effects Assistant	Ian Scoones	21	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Still Photographer	Tom Edwards				1999			27	27
Stunts	Jack Cooper	38	1923		2010	87	1	5	6
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	42	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	111	1	112
Wardrobe Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	52	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
Writer	George Baxt	37	11 Jun 1923		28 Jun 2003	80	2	1	3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Ambulance Man	Fred Stone	52	9 Jul 1908		8 Jul 1995	86		3	3
Ambulance Man	George Doonan	66	22 Jan 1895		17 Apr 1973	78		1	1
Andrew, the Butler	Andrew Crawford	43	24 Oct 1917		18 Mar 1994	76	1		1
Beth Vanable	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/barbara-shelley/#	29	13 Feb 1932		3 Jan 2021	88	8		8
Cat	Bunkie							1	1
Clara, the Maid	Freda Jackson	53	29 Dec 1907		20 Oct 1990	82	2		2
Constable	Peter Evans						1	3	4
Constable Hamer	John Dearth	40	16 Oct 1920		17 Mar 1984	63		1	1
Dobbins	Charles Stanley							1	1
Edgar Venable	Richard Warner	49	24 May 1911		14 Jan 1989	77	3		3
Ella Venable	Catherine Lacey	56	6 May 1904		20 Sep 1979	75	3		3
Father	Kevin Stoney	39	25 Jul 1921		20 Jan 2008	86	2	1	3
Inspector Rowles	Alan Wheatley	54	19 Apr 1907		30 Aug 1991	84	4		4
Jacob Venable	William Lucas	36	14 Apr 1925		8 Jul 2016	91	3		3
Louise Venable	Vanda Godsell	38	17 Nov 1922		2 Apr 1990	67	3		3
Michael Latimer	Conrad Phillips	36	13 Apr 1925		13 Jan 2016	90	3	1	4
The Daughter	Angela Crow	25	13 Dec 1935		3 Mar 2022	86		2	2
The Doctor	Henry Kendall	63	28 May 1897		9 Jun 1962	65		1	1
The Grandfather	Kynaston Reeves	67	29 May 1893		5 Dec 1971	78	2		2
The Mother	Vera Cook	48	19 Jun 1912		1 Jun 1996	74	3	2	5
The Son	Howard Knight	11	15 Apr 1950	15.04.1950		74		1	1
Walter Venable	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/andre-morell/#	51	20 Aug 1909		28 Nov 1978	68	9		9
Workman	Rodney Burke	28	13 Jul 1932	13.07.1932		92		4	4

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Although Hammer do not appear in the credits, this was clearly a Hammer Production. Not only was it filmed at Bray Studios, but many of the production crew were Hammer faithfuls, and all but one of the credited cast (Andrew Crawford) had worked (or were to work) for the company in a combined total of 28 other productions.

Alan Wheatley played the Sheriff of Nottingham in ITC’s series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1960’s), he also played Temmosus in BBC TV’s Doctor Who (1964), becoming the first character to be killed by a Dalek!

Music composer Mikis Theodorakis also produced the score for Twentieth Century Fox’s 1964 film Zorba the Greek.

1961 BBFC Cert. “X"

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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