Wings of Danger

When airline pilot Nick Talbot disappears after a plane crash and is presumed dead, his friend Van decides to investigate. He finds Nick very much alive and heavily involved with a gang of smugglers…

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Adapted from the novel “Dead on Course” by Elleston Trevor and Packham Webb
Copyright MCMLII by Exclusive Films Ltd.

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

RCA Sound System
London Philarmonic Orchestra

Black & White 73 minutes

Filming Began: 1st September 1951
UK Release: 26th May 1952

Studio:
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Andrew Mazzei	64	2 Aug 1887		6 Aug 1975	88	2		2
Assistant Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/#	24	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	32	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	24	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	86	9	95
Chief Electrician	Jack Carter							1	1
Continuity	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/#	25	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	41	3	44
Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/terence-fisher/#	48	23 Feb 1904		18 Jun 1980	76	31		31
Director of Photography	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/walter-harvey/#	49	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	34		34
Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	32	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	111	1	112
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	31	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	20	Jun 1931	01.06.1931		93	17	10	27
Hair Stylist	Bill Griffiths	52	9 Oct 1899				5		5
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	44	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Musical Director	Malcolm Arnold	30	21 Oct 1921		23 Sep 2006	84	3	1	4
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	29	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	86	3	89
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	66	1886		1956	70	20		20
Publicist	Bill Luckwell	38	1 Oct 1913		2 Feb 1967	53		1	1
Recordist	Bill Salter				1983		17		17
Screenplay	John Gilling	39	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	19		19
Wardrobe	Ellen Trussler	31	1921					1	1
Alexia	Kay Kendall	26	21 May 1926		6 Sep 1959	33	2		2

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Alexia	Kay Kendall	26	21 May 1926		6 Sep 1959	33	2		2
Avril	Naomi Chance	24	18 Sep 1927		18 Mar 2003	75	4		4
Blonde	June Ashley	40	7 Oct 1911		Nov 2017	106	1		1
Blonde	June Mitchell	18	30 Jun 1933		2 Aug 2009	76	2		2
Blonde	Natasha Sokolova	34	1 Sep 1917		1969	51	1		1
Boyd Spencer	Arthur Lane	41	11 Jun 1910		28 Apr 1987	76	2		2
Club Dancer	John Wilder							3	3
Club Dancer	Pat Ryan	36	1916		1992	76		6	6
Doctor	Douglas Muir	47	5 Nov 1904		30 Nov 1966	62	1		1
Duty Officer	Nigel Neilson	32	12 Dec 1919		2000	80	1		1
First Flying Officer	James Steele							1	1
Jeannette	Diane Cilento	20	2 Apr 1932		6 Oct 2011	79	2		2
Louis, Club Waiter	Emille Stemmler	41	1911		2001			6	6
Man in Hotel Bar	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/victor-harrington/#	42	27 Aug 1909		23 Jul 1980	70		7	7
Man leaving inquest	Fred Nicholas							3	3
Maxwell	Colin Tapley	43	7 May 1909		1 Dec 1995	86	3		3
Mrs C. Smith	Courtney Hope	65	19 Dec 1886		17 Jan 1975	88	4		4
Nick Talbot	Robert Beatty	42	19 Oct 1909		3 Mar 1992	82	1		1
Nurse	Sheila Raynor	46	15 Mar 1906		17 Feb 1998	91	2	1	3
OGorman	Laurie Taylor	33	13 Jul 1918		6 Aug 2003	85	2	4	6
Receptionist	Kathleen Stuart	26	9 Dec 1925		11 May 1972	46	1		1
Sam	Anthony Miles						1	1	2
Second Flying Officer	Russ Allen	35	9 May 1917		17 Oct 1992	75		1	1
Signal Operator	Darcy Conyers	32	19 Jul 1919		Nov 1973	54	2		2
Snell	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harold-lang/#	29	1923		16 Nov 1970	47	8		8
Talbot	Ian Fleming	63	10 Sep 1888		1 Jan 1969	80	2		2
Truscott	Jack Allen	44	23 Oct 1907		25 May 1995	87	1		1
Van	Zachary Scott	38	21 Feb 1914		3 Oct 1965	51	1		1
Woman in Hotel Lobby	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/aileen-lewis/#	38	9 Apr 1914		12 Feb 2014	99	1	6	7

Original Poster

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Footnotes

Zachary Scott was the American brought over for this one. A star of many Westerns, he had also played the title role in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944).

Diane Cilento, introduced in this film, went on to marry Sean Connery and is the mother of his actor son, Jason.

Kay Kendall died at the age of 33 from myeloid leukemia.

1952 - BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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