Rude Awakening

The estate agent Norman Shenley hates his old wife Emily Shenley and wants to divorce her to marry his secretary Lolly. When a new client wants to sell an old and isolated mansion, Norman begins to have odd nightmares, and he becomes confused between reality and dream. When Norman awakes, a surprise waits for him.

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Jack Gill Presents “Hammer House of Horror” Copyright MCMLXXX
Chips Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.

A Jack Gill Presentation for Chips Productions Ltd.
A Cinema Arts International Production in association with Hammer Films for ITC Entertainment – An OCC company.

UK Transmission Date: 27th September 1980

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Cast & Crew – Verified complete

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Assistant Art Director	Bob Bell	62	21 Mar 1918		6 Jun 2009	91	13		13
Assistant Art Director	Richard Rooker	36	1944	01.01.1944		80	13		13
Assistant Director	Ken Baker						23		23
Camera Operator	Neil Binney	49	Jun 1931	01.06.1931		93	17	10	27
Casting Director	Eileen Garstka						13		13
Continuity	Lorely Farley	41	Apr 1939	01.04.1939		85	23		23
Costume Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/laura-nightingale/#						35		35
Designer	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Director	Peter Sasdy	45	27 May 1935	27.05.1935		89	12		12
Director of Photography	Frank Watts BSc	51	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	16		16
Dubbing Editor	Bryan Tilling	51	1929		19 Feb 2011	82	13		13
Dubbing Editor	Jack Knight	50	9 Aug 1930		7 Nov 1993	63	15		15
Dubbing Mixer	Otto Snel	42	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	11	4	15
Editor	Bob Dearberg	41	3 Feb 1939		8 May 2017	78	10	2	12
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	60	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Producer	David Reid	42	1 Mar 1938	01.03.1938		86	13		13
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	65	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	14	15	29
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	52	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-knight/#	55	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	Paul Patterson	33	15 Jun 1947	15.06.1947		77	8		8
Music Editor	Marcel Durham	60	21 Jun 1920		Apr 2000	79	13		13
Musical Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	72	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Presenter	Jack Gill	61	1919				13		13
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-skeggs/#	46	Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Assistant	Margaret Nicholas						13		13
Production Assistant	Mike Widd						13		13
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ron-jackson/#	45	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Production Runner	Callum McDougall							13	13
Screenplay	Gerald Savory	70	17 Nov 1909		6 Feb 1996	86	1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	57	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Special Effects	Ian Scoones	40	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Story Editor	Anthony Read	45	21 Apr 1935		21 Nov 2015	80	14		14
Title Designer	Chris Wood						13		13

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
CID Sergeant	Pat Gorman	47	10 May 1933		9 Oct 2018	85		4	4
Dr Melbury	Gareth Armstrong	32	26 Jun 1948	26.06.1948		76	1		1
Emily Shenley	Pat Heywood	49	1 Aug 1931		26 Jun 2024	92	1		1
Lolly	Lucy Gutteridge	23	28 Nov 1956	28.11.1956		67	1		1
Maid	Patricia Mort	47	27 Apr 1933		24 Mar 1999	65	1		1
Man in Street	Alan Meacham	51	14 May 1929		2 May 1998	68		5	5
Mr Rayburn	James Laurenson	40	17 Feb 1940	17.01.1940		84	2		2
Norman Shenley	Denholm Elliott	58	31 May 1922		6 Oct 1992	70	2		2

Footnotes

Denholm Elliott played Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones films.

Pat Heywood played serial killer Reginald Christie’s wife, Ethel, in the 1971 film 10 Rillington Place

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