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
Stills from film
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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 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Alan Lake (married to Hammer actress Diana Dors) is one of the journalists in observation area, watching the of surgery on John Soames. He also appeared for Hammer in the Journey to the Unknown episode Paint Me a Murder.