Never Look Back

Anne Maitland has just been called to the bar as a King’s Counsel and tells Nigel Stewart that she cannot marry him because of her career. Then she takes her first case – defending an old friend, Guy Ransom, who has been accused of murder. Anne is sure of success, because Ransom was staying in her flat on the night of the crime…

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

A Hammer-Brennan production released by Exclusive Films

All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead

Gaumont Wales Recording
Philharmonia Orchestra
Made at the Film Studios, Manchester

Black & White 73 minutes

Filming Began: 17th September 1951
UK Release: 26th May 1952

Studio:
Film Studios, Manchester, England

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Alec Gray						1	1	2
Assistant Director	Pat Kelly						1		1
Assistant Producer	Thomas Blakeley	35	11 Oct 1916		16 Jul 1984	67	1		1
Camera Operator	Ken Hodges	29	25 Oct 1922		1993	70	3		3
Casting Director	Nora Roberts				1 Mar 1968		5		5
Conductor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/#	36	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Continuity	Connie Willis	28	1924		1992	68	2		2
Director	Francis Searle	43	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	18		18
Director of Photography	Reginald Wyer BSc	50	30 Oct 1901		1970	68	5		5
Editor	John Ferris						7		7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	24	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		97	18		18
Make-up	Peter Evans						1	3	4
Music Composer	Temple Abady	48	13 Jun 1903		1 Dec 1970	67	1		1
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	24	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	98	11	109
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/#	40	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	43		43
Screenplay	Francis Searle	43	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	18		18
Screenplay	Guy Morgan	44	6 Feb 1908		1964	55	1		1
Screenplay	John Hunter	40	22 Aug 1911		8 Sep 1984	73	4		4
Sound Recordist	Sid Wiles	53	2 Feb 1899		Jul 1973	74	6		6
Wardrobe	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	43	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Alan	Terence Longdon	30	14 May 1922		23 Apr 2011	88	1		1
Anne Maitland KC	Rosamund John	38	19 Oct 1913		27 Oct 1998	85	1		1
Cameraman	David Scase	32	21 Sep 1919		27 Feb 2003	83	1		1
Court Reporter	Peter Jeffrey	23	18 Apr 1929		25 Dec 1999	70	1	1	2
Guy Ransom	Guy Middleton	45	14 Dec 1906		30 Jul 1973	66	2		2
Lindsell	H.S. Hills						1		1
Liz	Frances Rowe	38	26 Jun 1913		31 Jul 1988	75	1		1
Molly Wheeler	Brenda de Banzie	42	28 Jul 1909		5 Mar 1981	71	1		1
Mrs Brock	Helene Burls	70	7 Jul 1881		1 Sep 1967	86	1		1
Nigel Stewart	Hugh Sinclair	49	19 May 1903		29 Dec 1962	59	2		2
Nigels Junior	Norman Somers						1		1
Policeman in Charge Cells	Harry H. Corbett	27	28 Feb 1925		21 Mar 1982	57		1	1
Press Woman	Barbara Shaw						1		1
Raynor	John Warwick	47	4 Jan 1905		10 Jan 1972	67	1		1
Secretary	June Mitchell	18	30 Jun 1933		2 Aug 2009	76	2		2
The Judge	Bruce Belfrage	50	30 Oct 1901		13 Aug 1974	72	1		1
Vaughan	Arthur Howard	42	18 Jan 1910		18 Jun 1995	85	4	1	5
Whitcomb	Henry Edwards	69	18 Sep 1882		2 Nov 1952	70	2		2
Willie	Bill Shine	40	20 Oct 1911		24 Jul 1997	85	2		2

Footnotes

Anthony Nelson Keys later became a Producer with Hammer, working on some of their most famous horror films.

Actor Terence Longden (here misspelt Longdon) appeared in four of the early “Carry on” films – Sergeant (1958), Nurse (1958), Constable (1960) and Regardless (1961).

1952 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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