The Sweet Scent of Death

An overworked American ambassador working in the UK attempts to spend more time with his wife by visiting a countryside mansion, but soon the trip turns into a nightmare with his wife haunted by a stalker seemingly from her past.

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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.
Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited

ITV London Transmission Date: 17th December 1984

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Cast & Crew

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Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
American Casting	William J Kenney	45	29 May 1939		30 Dec 1992	53	13		13
American Casting	Daniel Travis						14		14
Art Director	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Assistant Art Director	Peta Button	43	Jul 1941	01.07.1941		83	4		4
Assistant Director	John OConnor						3		3
Assistant to Producer	Karen Woods						13		13
Assistant to Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/laura-nightingale/#						35		35
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Casting Director	Lesley de Pettit	48	1936		2002	66	15		15
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	Apr 1939	01.04.1939		85	23		23
Director	Peter Sasdy	49	27 May 1935	27.05.1935		89	12		12
Director of Photography	Frank Watts BSc	55	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	16		16
Director of Photography	Brian West	56	27 Apr 1928	27.04.1928		96	8	1	9
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	54	1930		1993	63	17	1	18
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Bob Dearberg	45	3 Feb 1939		8 May 2017	78	10	2	12
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	64	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	54	2 Feb 1930		2 Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	56	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-knight/#	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	John McCabe	45	21 Apr 1939		13 Feb 2015	75	6		6
Musical Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-skeggs/#	50	Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Accountant	Sheala Daniell						13		13
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	35	1949	01.01.1949		75	13		13
Production Assistant	Sheila Collins						13		13
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ron-jackson/#	49	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	56	7 Jul 1928		21 Jan 1987	58	14	1	15
Screenplay	Brian Clemens	53	30 Jul 1931		10 Jan 2015	83	8		8
Second Assistant Director	Asad Qureshi	27	20 Nov 1957	20.11.1957		66		1	1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Still Photographer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/#	64	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Ann Denver	Shirley Knight	48	5 Jul 1936		22 Apr 2020	83	1		1
Boy in Park	Christopher Warwick						1		1
Det. Constable Gray	Struan Rodger	38	18 Sep 1946	18.09.1946		78	1		1
Det. Sergeant Wells	Robert Lang	50	24 Sep 1934		6 Nov 2004	70	1		1
Estate Agent	Geoffrey Colville	58	15 Oct 1926		23 Apr 2006	79	1		1
Girl in Park	Mary Greco						1		1
Greg Denver	Dean Stockwell	48	5 Mar 1936		7 Nov 2021	85	1		1
John Fairfax	Alan Gifford	73	11 Mar 1911		20 Mar 1989	78	2		2
Marine Officer	Kenny Andrews						1		1
Marine Officer	Ray Charleson						1		1
Marvin	Michael Gothard	45	24 Jun 1939		2 Dec 1992	53	1		1
Michael Patson	Andrew Seear	33	1951	01.01.1951		73	1		1
Paula	Toria Fuller						1		1
Police Sergeant	Joe Wadham	66	1918		1998	80		1	1
Suzy	Carmen du Saytoy	34	26 Feb 1950	26.01.1950		74	1		1
Tanzi	Lindsay Holiday						1		1
Young Girl	Erin Donovan						1		1
Young Man	Russell Sommers						1		1

Footnotes

Writer Brian Clemens died in 2015, he is best remembered for his work at ITC in the 1960’s and early 70’s, especially as writer/producer of The Avengers (for which he wrote the pilot in 1961), The Baron, The Persuaders and Danger Man.
He also wrote the screenplay for Hammer’s Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) and Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974).

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