Women Without Men

Convict Angie Booth is desperate. Before being sentenced, she made a tryst with her merchant seaman lover Nick to meet him at a set time and place. When her request for temporary parole is turned down by the prison governor, she plans to escape along with a group of other inmates.

Production Details

A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films RCA Sound Recording
Made at Bray Studios
Black & White 68 mins

Filming Began: 1st January 1955
UK Release: 14th June 1956

Studio:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

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
Assistant Director	Bert Glazer	60	4 Dec 1895		17 Dec 1966	71	1		1
Assistant Director	Bill Shore						5	2	7
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	40	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Director	Elmo Williams	43	30 Apr 1913		25 Nov 2015	102	1		1
Director of Photograhy	William Whitley	48	25 Feb 1908		2 Feb 1976	67	1		1
Director of Photography	Walter Harvey BSc	53	9 Feb 1903		1979	75	35		35
Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	36	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	113	1	114
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	28	21 Nov 1927	21.11.1927		97	18		18
Lyric	Lorraine Williams						1		1
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/#	48	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music Composer	Leonard Salzedo	34	24 Sep 1921		6 May 2000	78	7	1	8
Musical Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/#	40	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Original Story	Richard Landau	42	21 Feb 1914		18 Sep 1993	79	8		8
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	33	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	87	3	90
Production Manager	Bert Sternbach	69	12 Mar 1887		30 Jan 1974	86	1		1
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/#	28	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	66	2	68
Screenplay	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/val-guest/#	44	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	30		30
Song Long Ago Guy	Douglas Gamley	31	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	3		3
Sound	Bill Sweeney						2		2
Supervising Editor	Bill Rivor						1		1
Wardrobe	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	47	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Angie Booth	Beverley Michaels	27	28 Dec 1928		9 Jun 2007	78	1		1
Bargekeeper	Michael Golden	42	15 Aug 1913		1983	69	2	1	3
Barrowman	Verne Morgan	55	19 Dec 1900		23 Apr 1984	83	3	1	4
Bart -Security Chief - US Version	Harry Lauter	41	19 Jun 1914		30 Oct 1990	76	1		1
Bates	Sheala Burrell	34	9 May 1922		19 Jul 2011	89	4	1	5
Bessie	Avril Angers	38	18 Apr 1918		8 Nov 2005	87	1		1
Brooker	Fanny Carby	31	2 Feb 1925		20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Caroller	Edna Landor	32	1924		3 Sep 2015	91		1	1
Caroller	Joan Harrison							1	1
Caroller	Pat Edwards							1	1
Carroler	Hi Westwater							1	1
Chief Marton Evans	Betty Cooper	46	1 May 1910		3 Feb 1979	68	2	2	4
Civilian	Anthony Miles						1	1	2
Cleo	Joan Rice	26	3 Feb 1930		1 Jan 1997	66	2		2
Daniels	Maurice Kaufmann	28	29 Jun 1927		21 Sep 1997	70	3	1	4
Grace	Hermione Baddeley	49	13 Nov 1906		19 Aug 1986	79	1	1	2
Granny	Thora Hird	45	28 May 1911		15 Mar 2003	91	4		4
Guard	Irene Richmond	44	15 Nov 1911		24 May 2009	97	2	1	3
Hackett	Olwen Brookes	54	26 Nov 1901		17 Sep 1976	74		1	1
Helen	Muriel Young	32	19 Jun 1923		24 Mar 2001	77		1	1
Hennessy	Margaret Flint	31	13 Sep 1924		3 Jul 1993	68		1	1
Inmate	Anne Loxley	26	7 Jun 1930	07.06.1930		94		1	1
Inmate	Mona Lilian	44	27 Nov 1911		1 Apr 1997	85		1	1
Insp Hedges - US version	Paul Cavanagh	67	8 Dec 1888		15 Mar 1964	75	1		1
Julian	Ralph Michael	48	26 Sep 1907		9 Nov 1994	87	2		2
Kent Foster - US version	Richard Travis	39	13 Apr 1917		11 Jul 1989	72	1		1
Laverne	Pauline Winter	39	12 Mar 1917		9 Feb 2015	97		1	1
Lindbergh	Bill Shine	44	20 Oct 1911		24 Jul 1997	85	2		2
Loveland	Doris Gilmore	53	29 Oct 1902		19 Sep 1986	83		1	1
Man at Doorway	Charles Saynor	53	12 Dec 1902		6 May 1979	76	1	1	2
Marguerite	April Olrich	22	17 Jul 1933		15 Apr 2014	80	1		1
Mason	Yvonne Manners	37	17 Jun 1918		15 Jun 2001	82		1	1
Nick	Paul Carpenter	34	8 Dec 1921		12 Jun 1964	42	5	1	6
Nick Randall - US version	Jim Davis	46	26 Aug 1909		26 Apr 1981	71	1		1
Operator	Mark Kingston	22	18 Apr 1934		9 Oct 2011	77		1	1
Percy	Gordon Jackson	32	19 Dec 1923		15 Jan 1990	66	3		3
Pierre	Eugene Deckers	42	22 Oct 1913		13 Jul 1977	63	1	1	2
Policeman	George Roderick	42	9 Oct 1913		10 Mar 1976	62	3	2	5
Policeman	Thomas Glen							1	1
Prison Chaplin	John Welsh	41	7 Nov 1914		21 Apr 1985	70	4	2	6
Prison Governess	Valerie White	40	26 Dec 1915		3 Dec 1975	59	1		1
Reveller	Douglas Argent	35	21 May 1921		30 Oct 2010	89		1	1
Reveller	Sidney Brahms							1	1
Reveller	Stratford Johns	30	22 Sep 1925		29 Jan 2002	76		1	1
Scrubber	Babs Love							1	1
Scrubber	Toots Pounds	58	17 Nov 1897		7 Jan 1976	78		2	2
Scrubber	Vi Stevens	64	28 Nov 1891		20 Mar 1967	75		1	1
Warder	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/david-lodge/#	34	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10		10

Original Poster

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Footnotes

American director Elmo Williams was much better known as a Film Editor. He also co-produced the 1962 epic about the D-Day landings, The Longest Day.

Uncredited Muriel Young was a popular presenter for ITV children’s programmes between 1959 and 1968.

Uncredited Stratford Johns played Inspector Barlow in BBC TV’s long running police series Z Cars.

1956 BBFC Cert. “A”

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

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