The Indian Spirit Guide

A widow desperate to contact her late husband falls prey to a con artist out to expose phoney spiritualists.

Production Details

Hammer Film Productions
Copyright © MCMLXVIII
Filmed at Intertel Studios by Addavision
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Television
William Self – In charge

UK Transmission date 30th June 1969

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Roy Stannard	38	1931	Mar 2008	77	10		10
Assistant Art Director	Graham Parker	38	1931	7 Oct 1992	61	8		8
Assistant Director	John Elton					4		4
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	51	13 Nov 1917	17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Casting	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-liggat/#	49	1920	28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Continuity	Estelle Stewart					8		8
Director	Roy Ward Baker	52	19 Dec 1916	5 Oct 2010	93	8		8
Director of Photography	Kenneth Talbot BSc	49	17 Jan 1920	May 1993	73	9		9
Editor	Brian Freemantle					4		4
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann					17		17
Executive Producer	Joan Harrison	62	26 Jun 1907	14 Aug 1994	87	15		15
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan						29	29
Hair Stylist	Mibs Parker					8		8
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	36	19 Nov 1932	17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	Bill Partleton	58	12 Jan 1911	Apr 1975	64	6		6
Music Composer	Basil Kirchin	41	8 Aug 1927	18 Jun 2005	77	2		2
Music Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/#	61	6 Oct 1907	11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Post Production Consultant	Robert Mintz					17		17
Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/#	46	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	86	3	89
Production Manager	John Oldknow	42	5 Mar 1927	10 Apr 1989	62	16		16
Sound Editor	Brian Hickin	30	7 Jun 1939	30 Oct 2023	84	10		10
Sound Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-baker/#	41	Jul 1927	Feb 2011	83	29	1	30
Sound Recordist	Stan Smart					8		8
Story Editor	John Gould	33	1936	21 Apr 1974	38	19		19
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	49	17 Oct 1919	4 Feb 2003	83	111	1	112
Unit Manager	Christopher Neame	26	24 Dec 1942	12 Jun 2011		15	9	24
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson					13		13
Written	Robert Bloch	52	5 Apr 1917	23 Sep 1994	77	2		2

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Bright Arrow	Julian Sherrier	40	21 Jun 1929	Aug 2012	83	1		1
Chardur	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marne-maitland/#	54	18 Dec 1914	Mar 1992	77	9		9
Housekeeper	Fanny Carby	44	2 Feb 1925	20 Sep 2002	77	1	2	3
Jerry Crown	Tom Adams	31	9 Mar 1938	11 Dec 2014	76	2		2
Joyce	Tracy Reed	27	21 Sep 1941	2 May 2012	70	1		1
Leona Gillings	Julie Harris	43	2 Dec 1925	24 Aug 2013	87	1		1
Man at Seance	Frank Williams	37	2 Jul 1931	26 Jun 2022	90		2	2
Mixx Sarah Prinn	Catherine Lacey	65	6 May 1904	20 Sep 1979	75	3		3
Mrs Hubbard	Dennis Ramsden	50	7 Nov 1918	31 Mar 2018	99	1		1

Footnotes

Marne Maitland’s other appearances for Hammer were, Break in the Circle (1955), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), I Only Arsked (1958), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962) and The Reptile (1966).

Frank Williams, best known for playing clergy in, amongst others, Dad’s Army and You Rang M’Lord, appears uncredited here.

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