Doomwatch

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Production Details

A Tigon Production
Pinewood Studios, England
92 Mins

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Hammer Connections


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Hidden	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Assistant Director	Derek Whitehurst	43	2 Oct 1928		6 Dec 2005	77	16
Boom Operator	Peter Glossop						1
Camera Operator	Ronnie Maasz	46	2 Feb 1926		19 Sep 2007	81	2
Construction Manager	Ken Softley	42	1930		2000	70	2
Continuity	Doreen Soan	46	1926	01.01.1926		98	6
Directed By	Peter Sasdy	36	27 May 1935	27.05.1935		89	10
Director Of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	52	17 Jan 1920		May 1993	73	9
Director's Secretary	June Tuppen						1
Draughtsman	Alan Cassie	31	5 Jul 1940	05.07.1940		84	2
Draughtsman	Terry Ackland-Snow	28	12 Dec 1943	12.12.1943		80	1
Dubbing Mixer	Ken Barker	54	1918		13 Feb 2001	83	10
Electrician	Stan Smith						1
Focus Puller	Ronald Anscombe	40	1932	01.01.1932		92	1
Makeup Artist	John Webber						1
Makeup Supervisor	Tom Smith	51	15 Aug 1920		3 Apr 2009	88	5
Production Manager	Jack Causey	58	1914		1977	63	7
Props	Brian Payne						1
Re-Recording Mixer	Otto Snel	34	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	15
Re-Recording Mixer	Graham V. Hartstone	27	Jun 1944	01.06.1944		80	6
Second Assistant Director	Lindsey C. Vickers	32	1940	01.01.1940		84	7
Sound Editor	Mike Hopkins G.B.F.E.				23 May 2021		1
Sound Recordist	Ron Barron	48	9 Dec 1923		15 Dec 1973	50	4
Third Assistant Director	Graham Easton	25	26 Jun 1946	26.06.1946		78	2

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Bob Gillette	James Cosmo	23	24 May 1948	24.05.1948		76	1
Bradley	Joby Blanshard	52	7 Nov 1919		26 Nov 1992	73	2
Brewer	Norman Bird	47	30 Oct 1924		22 Apr 2005	80	5
Coffin Bearer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jim-o'brady/#	64	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83	18
Constable Hartwell	Percy Herbert	51	31 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6
Dr. Quist	John Paul	50	20 Apr 1921		23 Feb 1995	73	3
Ferry Skipper	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-woodbridge/#	65	16 Feb 1907		31 Mar 1973	66	10
Grandfather Murray	Paddy Ryan	61	3 Jan 1911		10 May 1990	79	4
Mrs. Betty Straker	Shelagh Fraser	51	25 Nov 1920		29 Aug 2000	79	1
Sam	Reg Lever	68	4 Sep 1903		18 Aug 1985	81	1
Sir Henry Leyton	Geoffrey Keen	55	21 Aug 1916		3 Nov 2005	89	4
Tom Straker	Michael Brennan	59	25 Sep 1912		29 Jun 1982	69	1
Vicar	Joseph OConor	62	14 Feb 1910		21 Jan 2001	90	2
Victoria Brown	Judy Geeson	23	10 Sep 1948	10.09.1948		76	1
Villager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/fred-wood/#	50	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81	19
Villager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-charters/#						7
Villager	Daniel Brown						6
Young Woman	Pam St. Clement	29	11 May 1942	11.05.1942		82	1

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Footnotes

Based on a BBC TV series in production, it uses four of the regulars from the show but largely sidelines them in featured roles, having a new character played by Ian Bannen as the lead alongside Judy Geeson’s local schoolteacher, who aids him on Balfe.

1972 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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