The Madison Equation

Inga and Ralph Madison develop a computer with artificial intelligence and a personality. Jealous Ralph tries to programme the computer to kill his wife, but the computer has a mind of its own.

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 2nd June 1969

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Cast & Crew


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	Keith Norman						1		1
Assistant Director	David Alexander	55	22 Jan 1914		6 Mar 1983	69	1		1
Casting	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-liggat/#	49	1920		28 Sep 1981	61	29	2	31
Continuity	Jennifer Phillips						1		1
Director	Rex Firkin	42	3 Jul 1926		7 Dec 2014	88	1		1
Director of Photography	David Muir	34	16 Apr 1935	16.04.1935		89	2		2
Editor	Ronald J. Fagan	41	6 Apr 1928		21 Oct 2000	72	4		4
Executive Consultant	Jack Fleischmann						17		17
Executive Producer	Norman Lloyd	54	8 Nov 1914		11 May 2021	106	11		11
Focus Puller	Bob Jordan							29	29
Hair Stylist	Dolly Hodges						1		1
Main Title Theme	Harry Robertson	36	19 Nov 1932		17 Jan 1996	63	26		26
Make-up	Norma Camara	35	15 Feb 1934	15.01.1934		90	1		1
Music Composer	Jack Nathan	58	23 Aug 1910		23 Mar 1990	79	1		1
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 Associate	Harry Fine	57	20 Feb 1912		May 1997	85	6		6
Sound Editor	Brian Hickin	29	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	Bob Peck						1		1
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
Wardrobe	Mary Gibson						13		13
Written	Michael J. Bird	40	31 Oct 1928		11 May 2001	72	4		4

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Adam Frost	Jack Hedley	39	28 Oct 1929		11 Dec 2021	92	4		4
Barbara Rossiter	Sue Lloyd	29	7 Aug 1939		20 Oct 2011	72	3		3
Fire Officer	Timothy Parkes						1		1
Frederick Shea	Aubrey Morris	43	1 Jun 1926		15 Jul 2015	89	3		3
General Wanamaker	Lionel Murton	53	2 Jun 1915		26 Sep 2006	91	3		3
Inga Madison	Barbara Bel Geddes	46	31 Oct 1922		8 Aug 2005	82	1		1
Ralph Madison	Allan Cuthbertson	49	7 Apr 1920		8 Feb 1988	67	3		3
Sir Gerald Walters	Tenniel Evans	43	17 May 1926		10 Jun 2009	83	2		2
Stuart Crosbie	Paul Daneman	43	29 Oct 1925		28 Apr 2001	75	1		1

Footnotes

Barbara Bel Geddes is arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch on the long-running Lorrimar Production’s TV series Dallas (1978).

Jack Hedley also appeared for Hammer in The Scarlet Blade (1963), The Secret of Blood Island (1965) and The Anniversary (1968). He also provided the voice for the parrot in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

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