Since his birth, 30 years ago, John Soames has been in a coma. Now he’s operated on and brought to life in a neurologic clinic. They plan to make him develop from a 30 years old baby to a man, but there’s no time for the love and care a normal baby would receive.

Production Details
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
98 Mins
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Hammer Connections
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Productions |
Art Direction | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/# | 41 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 43 | |
Camera Operator | David Harcourt | 55 | 27 Sep 1915 | 5 May 2013 | 97 | 4 | |
Camera Operator: Special Unit | John Howard | 2 | |||||
Continuity | Kay Rawlings | 52 | 1918 | Jul 1981 | 63 | 3 | |
Director | Alan Cooke | 44 | 29 Mar 1926 | 9 Oct 1994 | 68 | 1 | |
Make-up Artist | Jill Carpenter | 4 Mar 2015 | 3 | ||||
Producer | Max Rosenberg | 56 | 13 Sep 1914 | 14 Jun 2004 | 89 | 1 | |
Production Design | Bill Constable | 64 | 8 Mar 1906 | 22 Aug 1989 | 83 | 1 | |
Production Manager | John Comfort | 35 | 20 Jul 1935 | 18 Dec 2019 | 84 | 1 | |
Second Assistant Director | Ariel Levy | 26 | 12 Mar 1944 | 12.03.1944 | 80 | 4 | |
Set Dresser | Andrew Low | 5 | |||||
Sound Mixer | John Aldred | 49 | Aug 1921 | 15 Dec 2020 | 99 | 1 | |
Stunts | Peter Diamond | 41 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 29 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |
Doctor at Clinic | Reg Thomason | 51 | 29 Nov 1918 | 30 Aug 2003 | 84 | 5 | |
Doctor at Clinic | Walter Henry | 48 | 24 Oct 1921 | 21 Feb 2005 | 83 | 5 | |
Jenny Bannerman | Judy Parfitt | 34 | 7 Nov 1935 | 07.11.1935 | 89 | 1 | |
Journalist | Alan Lake | 29 | 24 Nov 1940 | 10 Oct 1984 | 43 | 1 | |
Man at Railway Station | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/george-hilsdon/# | 63 | 25 Apr 1907 | 28 May 1982 | 75 | 7 | |
Man Carrying Flowers | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ernie-rice/# | 73 | 17 Nov 1896 | 1979 | 82 | 7 | |
Man Observing Operation | Philip Stewart | 4 | |||||
Man Observing Soames | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jack-armstrong# | 8 | |||||
Nicholls | Dan Jackson | 44 | 2 Dec 1925 | 18 Nov 2004 | 78 | 1 | |
Old Man In Car | Joe Gladwin | 64 | 22 Jan 1906 | 11 Mar 1987 | 81 | 1 | |
Pub Patron | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jim-o'brady/# | 63 | 13 May 1907 | 1 Jan 1991 | 83 | 18 | |
Pub Patron | Daniel Brown | 6 | |||||
Pub Patron | Jack Sharp | 56 | 1 Jan 1914 | 24 May 1972 | 58 | 4 | |
Pub Patron | Harry Van Engel | 39 | 26 Apr 1931 | 26.04.1931 | 93 | 2 | |
Pub Patron (Reading Paper) | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/fred-wood/# | 48 | 26 Oct 1921 | 25 Jan 2003 | 81 | 19 | |
Sgt. Clifford | Billy Cornelius | 36 | 18 Aug 1934 | 18.08.1934 | 90 | 1 | |
Thomas Fleming | Christian Roberts | 26 | 17 Mar 1944 | 26 Dec 2022 | 78 | 1 | |
Thomas Fleming (voice) | Robert Rietty | 47 | 8 Feb 1923 | 3 Apr 2015 | 92 | 3 |