The Masks of Death

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.

Production Details

A Tyburn Production
72 Mins
TV Film

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Hammer Connections

Includes links to most prolific cast and crew


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Assistant Director	Brian Lawrence	64	1920		2004	84	26
Assistant Picture Editor	John Beaton	55	1 Jan 1929		14 Jan 2005	76	3
Camera Operator	Ray Sturgess	74	28 Oct 1910		Jan 2000	89	2
Director	Roy Ward Baker	68	19 Dec 1916		5 Oct 2010	93	8
Editing	Chris Barnes	46	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	33
Executive Producer	Kevin Francis	35	30 Jan 1949	30.01.1949		75	1
Makeup Artist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/#	75	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	40
Music	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	105
Music	Malcolm Williamson	53	21 Nov 1931		2 Mar 2003	71	3
Production Assistant	Maureen White	54	1930	01.01.1930		94	6
Production Manager	Clifton Brandon	57	26 Jan 1927		20 Sep 2018	91	1
Re-Recording Mixer	Otto Snel	47	7 Dec 1937		18 Dec 2022	85	15
Sound Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-baker/#	57	Jul 1927		Feb 2011	83	30
Story as John Elder	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	74	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	87
Stunts	George Leech	63	6 Dec 1921		17 Jun 2012	90	1
Wardrobe	Jean Fairlie	60	25 Jun 1924		1 Jan 2007	82	2

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
Alec Macdonald	Gordon Jackson	61	19 Dec 1923		15 Jan 1990	66	3
Alfred Coombs	Russell Hunter	59	18 Feb 1925		26 Feb 2004	79	1
Anton Von Felseck	Marcus Gilbert	26	29 Jul 1958	29.07.1958		66	1
Frederick Baines	James Cossins	51	4 Dec 1933		12 Feb 1997	66	5
Graf Udo Von Felseck	Anton Diffring	68	20 Oct 1916		19 May 1989	72	3
Mrs. Hudson	Jenny Laird	72	13 Feb 1912		31 Oct 2001	89	1
Sherlock Holmes	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/peter-cushing/#	71	26 May 1913		11 Aug 1994	81	25

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Footnotes

This was Peter Cushing’s final television production before his death on August 11, 1994 at the age of 81. It is also The final time he would play Sherlock Holmes.

1984 BBFC Cert. “PG”

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