Persecution

A crippled woman takes pleasure in tormenting her son, blaming him for her condition. Years later, the son returns home with his wife and newborn only to find himself still under her influence and twisted from her prolonged mental abuse.

Production Details

A Tyburn Production
95 Mins

Stills from film

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Hammer Connections

Includes links to most prolific cast and crew
Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Camera Operator	Ernie Robinson						2
Continuity	Tilly Day	71	1903		1994	91	15
Director	Don Chaffey	57	5 Aug 1917		13 Nov 1990	73	6
Director Of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	54	17 Jan 1920		1 May 1993	73	9
Make-up Artist	Jim Evans	64	19 Mar 1910		Dec 1977	67	2
Makeup Artist	Roy Ashton	65	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	40
Producer	Kevin Francis	25	30 Jan 1949	30.01.1949		76	1
Re-Recording Mixer	Graham V. Hartstone	30	1 Jun 1944	01.06.1944		80	6
Sound Editor	Roy Baker	47	Jul 1927		Feb 2011	83	30
Sound Recordist	Ken Barker	56	1 Jan 1918		13 Feb 2001	83	10
Wardrobe Supervisor	Rosemary Burrows						41

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
David Masters	Ralph Bates	34	12 Feb 1940		27 Mar 1991	51	5
Dr. Ross	Ronald Howard	56	7 Apr 1918		19 Dec 1996	78	1
Janie Masters	Suzan Farmer	32	16 Jun 1942		17 Sep 2017	75	4
Mrs. Banks	Shelagh Fraser	53	25 Nov 1920		29 Aug 2000	79	1
Robert Masters	Patrick Allen	47	17 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2006	79	6

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Trevor Howard thought this was his worst film appearance. He said his performance just consisted of a scene in a hallway, and another shot in London Zoo.

This was Suzan Farmer’s final film.

1974 BBFC Cert. “AA”

Production Details

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