Life with the Lyons

Fast-moving, and very noisy, comedy. The accident-prone Lyons family move into their new rented house in London, but they have not yet been given the lease. Their efforts to impress the landlord, Mr. Hemmingway, are not altogether successful and result in a catalogue of misunderstandings, chaos and destruction!

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Southall Studios, England

Black & White 81 minutes

Filming Began: 1st December 1953
UK Release: 25th May 1954

Studio:
Southall Studios, Southall, Middlesex

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Wilfred Arnold	51	12 Feb 1903		9 Jun 1970	67	5		5
Assistant Director	Harold Buck	35	1919		2002	83	1		1
Assistant to Producer	Freddie Pearson				1993		1	1	2
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	38	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	53	2	55
Continuity	Splinters Deason	41	1913		11 Oct 2001	88	3		3
Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/val-guest/#	42	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	30		30
Editor	Douglas Myers	44	15 Jan 1910		1962	51	3		3
Executive Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	26	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	86	9	95
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	33	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Form the Radio Series	Bebe Daniels-Lyon	53	14 Jan 1901		16 Mar 1971	70	4		4
Form the Radio Series	Bill Harding	4	23 Jun 1949	23.06.1939		85	2		2
Form the Radio Series	Bob Block	32	20 Jul 1921		17 Apr 2011	89	2		2
Hair Stylist	Nina Broe				1993		11		11
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	46	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music	Arthur Wilkinson	34	3 Sep 1919		1968	48	1		1
Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	51	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Producer	Robert Dunbar	39	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	68	1886		1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Bill Salter				1983		17		17
Screenplay	Robert Dunbar	39	6 Jun 1914		29 Apr 2000	85	5		5
Screenplay	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/val-guest/#	42	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	30		30
Stock Music	Jack Beaver	54	27 Mar 1900		10 Sep 1963	63		3	3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Aggie	Molly Weir	44	17 Mar 1910		28 Nov 2004	94	3		3
Barbara Lyon	Barbara Lyon	22	1 Sep 1931		10 Jul 1995	63	2		2
Bebe Daniels-Lyon	Bebe Daniels-Lyon	53	14 Jan 1901		16 Mar 1971	70	4		4
Ben Lyon	Ben Lyon	53	6 Feb 1901		22 Mar 1979	78	2		2
Chief Firecloud	Zaro							1	1
Florrie	Doris Rogers	59	16 Feb 1895		5 Mar 1975	80	2		2
Mr. Hemmingway	Hugh Morton	50	28 Jun 1903		11 Jul 1984	81	4		4
Mrs Wimple	Gwen Lewis	66	21 Jan 1888		19 Jan 1966	77	2		2
Party Guest	Martin Lyder	31	30 Sep 1922		12 Jan 2003	80		4	4
Richard Lyon	Richard Lyon	19	8 Oct 1934		16 Oct 2013	79	2		2
Slim Cassidy	Arthur Hill	31	1 Aug 1922		22 Oct 2006	84	1		1
Violet	Belinda Lee	18	15 Jun 1935		12 Mar 1961	25	2		2
Wimple	Horace Percival	68	1886		9 Nov 1961	75	2		2
With	Arthur Mullard	43	19 Sep 1910		11 Dec 1995	85	1	3	4

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Footnotes

The Lyons family were immensely popular with radio audiences in their heyday and the success of this film led to a sequel, The Lyons in Paris (1955), also from Hammer.

This was the first film for Hammer directed by Val Guest, whose later work for them includes The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Quatermass 2 (1957), The Abominable Snowman (1957) and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1969).

Actress Belinda Lee was killed in a road accident at the age of 25.

Musician Arthur Wilkinson died of a heart attack at the age of 48.

1954 BBFC Cert. “U”

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