Clean Sweep

Housewife Vera Watson nags her husband, George, for wasting money on gambling on the horses. He promises to give it up, but, when he and his neighbour Ted win a horse in the Irish Sweepstakes, the temptation to have one last bet is too great. Now, the only problem he has is to make sure that Vera does not find out…..

Production Details

A Hammer production
RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 29 mins featurette

Filming Began: 11th March 1957
UK Release: 28th May 1958

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
1st Assistant Director	Robert Lynn	39	9 Jun 1918		15 Jan 1982	63	7		7
Additional Dialogue	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	3		3
Art Director	Ted Marshall						7	1	8
Associate Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/#	46	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	43		43
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Continuity	Kay Mander	42	28 Sep 1915		29 Dec 2013	98	2		2
Director	Maclean Rogers	58	13 Jul 1899		4 Jan 1962	62	1		1
Director of Photography	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-grant/#	43	1915		1972	57	34		34
Editor	Alfred Cox	33	1925		2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	30	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	9	107
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	37	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91	3	56	59
Hairdresser	Henry Montsash	52	17 Sep 1905		29 Sep 1974	69	16		16
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	50	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composed and Directed by	Edwin Astley	36	12 Apr 1922		19 May 1998	76	4		4
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	35	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/#	53	15 Nov 1904		Mar 1988	83	31		31
Screenplay	Patrick Brawn	39	2 Mar 1919		3 Aug 1980	61	1		1
Sound Recordist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/#	53	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	31	1	32
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	38	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Wardrobe	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	49	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Bookmaker	Bill Fraser	49	5 Jun 1908		5 Sep 1987	79	4		4
Daphne Watson	Vera Day	22	4 Aug 1935	04.08.1935		89	4		4
Dick Watson	Ian Whittaker	30	18 Jul 1928		16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
George Watson	Eric Barker	46	20 Feb 1912		1 Jun 1990	78	3		3
Ted	Wallas Eaton	41	18 Feb 1917		3 Nov 1995	78	1		1
Vera Watson	Thora Hird	46	28 May 1911		15 Mar 2003	91	4		4

Footnotes

Comic actor Eric Barker was a regular face in the early “Carry on” films. His last appearance for Hammer was in That’s Your Funeral (1972).

1958 BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Footnotes

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