Black Widow

Mark Sherwin is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had been declared dead, his wife welcomes him back, only to plan a real death for him so she and his best friend (with whom she is having an affair) can get his substantial wealth.

Production Details

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Panacoustic Sound System

Based on the B.B.C. serial play “Return from Darkness” by Lester Powell

Black & White 52 minutes

Filming Began: 1st January 1950
UK Release: 22nd October 1951

Studio:
Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England

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Cast & Crew

Crew – Believed complete
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Assistant Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/#	23	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	32	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	28		28
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/#	25	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	Vernon Sewell	48	4 Jul 1903		21 Jun 2001	97	6		6
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	48	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	35		35
Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	32	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	23	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		97	18		18
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	43	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	40	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	29	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	3	89
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	65	1886		1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	38	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Allan MacKinnon	39	1912		1955	43	3		3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Christine	Christine Norden	26	28 Dec 1924		21 Sep 1988	63	2		2
Dr. Wallace	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-harvey/#	40	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	12	1	13
First Hotel Desk Clerk	Joan Carol	45	1 Dec 1905		29 May 1986	80	3		3
Kemp	John Longden	50	11 Nov 1900		26 May 1971	70	4		4
Maid	Jill Hulbert	24	1927		26 Apr 2007	80	1		1
Mark	Robert Ayres	36	11 Dec 1914		5 Nov 1968	53	2		2
Mrs. Gladstone	Madoline Thomas	61	2 Jan 1890		30 Dec 1989	99	1		1
Paul	Anthony Forwood	36	3 Oct 1915		18 May 1988	72	6		6
Police Sergeant	Reginald Dyson	56	13 May 1895		6 Apr 1963	67	2		2
Receptionist	Bill Hodge						2		2
Sheila	Jennifer Jayne	19	14 Nov 1931		23 Apr 2006	74	2		2

Footnotes

Christine Norden also appeared in Hammer’s A Case for PC 49 (1951).

Anthony Forwood appeared in five other Hammer productions: Meet Simon Cherry (1949), The Man in Black (1949), The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Mantrap (1953) and Five Days (1954). He was married to actress Glynis Johns (Winnifred Banks in Mary Poppins 1964) from 1942 to 1948, they had one son, actor Gareth Forwood.

1951 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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