Child’s Play

A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home, all windows and doors sealed by impenetrable walls. They desperately try to escape but everything fails. Then the wife notices a bizarre pattern.

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The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herin are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely co-incidental.
Produced by Hammer Film Productions Limited

ITV London Transmission Date: 8th October 1984

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Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
American Casting	William J Kenney	45	29 May 1939		30 Dec 1992	53	13		13
American Casting	Daniel Travis						14		14
Art Director	Heather Armitage	42	1942	01.01.1942		82	6		6
Assistant Art Director	Steve Hardie						3		3
Assistant Director	Ken Baker						23		23
Assistant to Producer	Karen Woods						13		13
Camera Operator	Ken Withers	56	21 Aug 1928		10 Mar 2020	91	14		14
Casting Director	Lesley de Pettit	48	1936		2002	66	15		15
Continuity	Lorely Farley	45	Apr 1939	01.04.1939		85	23		23
Costume Supervisor	Janice Wilde						1		1
Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/val-guest/#	72	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	30		30
Director of Photography	Frank Watts BSc	55	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	16		16
Dubbing Editor	Terry Poulton	54	1930		1993	63	17	1	18
Dubbing Mixer	Ernie Marsch						13		13
Editor	Peter Weatherley GBFE	54	1930		Sep 2015	85	15		15
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	64	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	54	2 Feb 1930		2 Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Betty Sherriff	59	29 Sep 1925		2000	74	10		10
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-knight/#	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	David Bedford	47	4 Aug 1937		1 Oct 2011	74	3		3
Musical Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	77	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-skeggs/#	50	Apr 1934		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Accountant	Sheala Daniell						13		13
Production Accountant	Linda Nettleton	35	1949	01.01.1949		75	13		13
Production Assistant	Sheila Collins						13		13
Production Manager	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ron-jackson/#	49	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Publicity	Jean Garioch	56	7 Jul 1928		21 Jan 1987	58	14	1	15
Screenplay	Graham Wassell						1		1
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Special Effects Technician	Chris Verner	34	13 Dec 1949	13.12.1949		74		3	3
Still Photographer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/#	63	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Story Editor	John Peacock	39	1945		1 Jun 2017	72	13		13
Wardrobe Mistress	Babs Gray	59	1925		2007	82		3	3

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Ann Preston	Mary Crosby	25	14 Sep 1959	14.09.1959		65	1		1
Child	Joanna Joseph						1		1
Mike Preston	Nicholas Clay	38	18 Sep 1946		25 May 2000	53	2		2
Mother	Suzanne Church	32	9 Oct 1951	9.10.1951		73	1		1
Sarah Preston	Debbie Chasan						1		1

Footnotes

Mary Crosby (daughter of Bing Crosby) played Kirsten Shepard in Lorimar Television’s long running series Dallas

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