Czech Mate

Vicky’s ex-husband, John, invites her on a trip to communist Prague. First John disappears, then her passport. Vicky finds herself alone and penniless in Prague and becomes a tragic pawn caught in a web of espionage and murder.

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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: 3rd December 1984

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Cast & Crew

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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	Carolyn Scott						23		23
Assistant Art Director	Peta Button	43	Jul 1941	01.07.1941		83	4		4
Assistant Director	Ken Baker						23		23
Assistant to Producer	Karen Woods						13		13
Assistant to Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/laura-nightingale/#						35		35
Associate Camerman	Terry Cole						4		4
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
Director	John Hough	43	21 Nov 1941	21.11.1941		82	7		7
Director of Photography	Brian West	56	27 Apr 1928	27.04.1928		96	8	1	9
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 Production Manager	Dieter Limbek	35	30 Jul 1949	30.07.1949		75		1	1
Executive Story Editor	Don Houghton	54	2 Feb 1930		2 Jul 1991	61	20		20
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	56	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/eddie-knight/#	59	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	John McCabe	45	21 Apr 1939		13 Feb 2015	75	6		6
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	Jeremy Burnham	53	28 May 1931		31 Dec 2020	89	6		6
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	61	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Still Photographer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/#	64	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35
Wardrobe Assistant	Alan Flyng						1		1

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
1st Desk Clerk	Christopher Robbie	46	30 Sep 1938	30.09.1938		86	2		2
2nd Desk Clerk	Sandor Eles	48	15 Jun 1936		4 Sep 2002	66	3		3
Brown	Richard Heffer	38	28 Jul 1946	28.07.1946		78	1		1
Bulneck	Peter Vaughan	61	4 Apr 1923		6 Dec 2016	93	2		2
Doctor	Pam St. Clement	42	11 May 1942	11.05.1942		82	1		1
First desk clerk	Robert East	41	7 Jul 1943	7.07.1943		81	2		2
Girl on Bridge	Tessa Wojczak	26	1958	01.01.1958		66	1		1
Head Waiter	Steve Plytas	71	9 Jan 1913		27 Dec 1994	81	1	1	2
Immigration Officer	Christopher Rozycki	41	15 Oct 1943		10 Apr 2015	71	1		1
Inspector	Stephan Gryff	46	5 May 1938		3 Jun 2017	79	1		1
Ivan	Jiri Stanislav	38	3 Dec 1946		1 Aug 2020	73	1		1
John Duncan	Patrick Mower	46	12 Sep 1938	12.09.1938		86	2		2
Man at Bar	Pat Gorman	51	10 May 1933		9 Oct 2018	85		4	4
Man on Bridge	Daniel Wozinak						1		1
Maria	Catherine Neilson	27	3 Oct 1957	3.10.1957		67	1		1
Mrs Jiracek	Hana-Maria Pravda	68	29 Jan 1916		28 May 2008	92	1		1
Plain Clothes Policeman	George Mikell	55	4 Apr 1929		12 May 2020	91	1		1
Porter	Mark Mailcz	75	1909		17 Jan 1986	77	1		1
Producer	Jeremy Burnham	53	28 May 1931		31 Dec 2020	89	6		6
Security Guard 1	Robert Russell	48	24 May 1936		12 May 2008	71	1		1
Stephan	Roy Boyd	46	18 Aug 1938		27 Apr 2024	85	2	1	3
Vicky Duncan	Susan George	34	26 Jul 1950	26.07.1950		74	1		1

Footnotes

Although actress Susan George starred in a number of horror productions, including Die Screaming, Marianne (1971), The Sorcerers (1968) and The House where Evil Dwells (1982), this was her only appearance in a Hammer Production.

Patrick Mower played Simon Arron in Hammer’s The Devil Rides Out (1968).

Pam St. Clements played Pat Butcher in the BBC TV soap Eastenders.

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