The Rossiter Case

A husband cheats on his disabled wife, who has been paralysed in a car accident, with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.

Production Details

Exclusive Films Present, A Hammer Production

Black & White 72 mins

Filming Began: 30th April 1950
UK Release: 1st January 1951

Studio:
Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, England

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew


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	31	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/#	24	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	Francis Searle	41	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	15		15
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	47	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	John Ferris						7		7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	23	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		96	18		18
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	42	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	39	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	22	1	23
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	28	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	3	89
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	65	1886		1956	70	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	37	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	Francis Searle	41	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	15		15
Screenplay	John Gilling	38	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	19		19
Screenplay	John Hunter	39	22 Aug 1911		8 Sep 1984	73	4		4
Screenplay	Kenneth Hyde	43	21 Mar 1907		18 Sep 1964	57	1		1

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Agnes	Eleanor Bryan	24	1927		6 Jan 2019	92	1	1	2
Alice	Gabrielle Blunt	31	8 Jan 1919		10 Jun 2014	95	1	1	2
Arthur	Anthony Allen						1		1
Constable	Dennis Castle	36	16 Aug 1914		27 Feb 1993	78	1		1
Dr Bendix	Henry Edwards	68	18 Sep 1882		2 Nov 1952	70	2		2
Hobson	Frederic Steger	56	13 Aug 1894		1975	80	2		2
Honor	Sheala Burrell	28	9 May 1922		19 Jul 2011	89	4	1	5
Inspector	Ewen Solon	33	7 Sep 1917		7 Jul 1985	67	5	1	6
Joe	Stanley Baker	22	28 Feb 1928		28 Jun 1976	48	5		5
Liz	Helen Shingler	31	29 Aug 1919		8 Oct 2019	100	1		1
Marty	Ann Codrington	56	10 Sep 1894		29 Mar 1982	87	1		1
Nurse West	Dorothy Batley	48	18 Jan 1902		8 Dec 1983	81	1		1
Peter	Clement McCallin	37	6 Mar 1913		7 Aug 1977	64	1		1
Pub Patron	Arthur Dibbs							2	2
Sergeant	Robert Perceval	34	5 Aug 1916		5 Apr 1989	72	1		1
Sir James Ferguson	Frederick Leister	65	1 Dec 1885		24 Aug 1970	84	1		1

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Ewen Solon played Stapleton in Hammer’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), he also appeared (uncredited) as a camel vendor in The Strangler’s of Bombay (1959).

1951 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes

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