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Captain Clegg (1962)
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1961
Running Times: 82 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer
/Major
Producer: John Temple-Smith
Production Manager: Don Weeks
SCRIPT
Script: John Elder
Additional Dialogue: Barbara S. Harper
Novel: Dr Syn - A Tale of Romney Marches
by Russell Thorndike (uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Assistant Director: John Peverall
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Len Harris
Labs: Humphries Laboratories
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: James Needs
Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins
MUSIC
Music: Don Banks
Musical Director: Philip Martell
SOUND
Sound Recording: Jock May
Sound Editor: Terry Poulton
Sound: RCA Sound Recording
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Roy Ashton
Hair: Frieda Steiger
Wardrobe Supervisor: Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Mistress: Rosemary Burrows
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Les Bowie
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
Art Director: Don Mingaye
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Tilly Day
LOCATIONS
Studio: Bray Studios, Berkshire, England, UK
Locations: Cobham, Surrey, England, UK; Copstone Mill,
Turville Heath, Fingest, Buckinghamshire, England, UK;
Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; Braywood Church,
England, UK
STUNTS
Fight Sequences Superviser: Bob Simmons
CAST
Peter Cushing (Dr Blyss/Captain Clegg)
Patrick Allen (Captain Collier)
Oliver Reed (Harry)
Michael Ripper (Jeremiah Mipps)
Yvonne Romain (Imogene)
Derek Francis (Squire)
Martin Benson (Rash)
David Lodge (bosun)
Daphne Anderson (Mrs Rash)
Milton Reid (mulatto)
Jack Macgowran (frightened man)
Peter Halliday (1st sailor)
Terry Scully (2nd sailor)
Rupert Osborn (Gerry)
Sydney Bromley (Tom Ketch)
Gordon Rollings (Wurzel)
Bob Head (Peg-Leg)
Colin Douglas (pirate bosun)
PLOT SUMMARY
Dymchurch, 1792: villagers are being terrified
by 'marsh phantoms', sinister figures that only come out at nights
to stalk the nearby Romney Marshes. Captain Collier is sent to investigate
with a team of revenue men and uncovers a smuggling ring run by the
village vicar, Dr Blyss...
CAPSULE REVIEW
One of the finest Hammer
films ever made. Shot at time when the company were turning out fun
pirate movies like Pirates of Blood River, Clegg
edges closer to horror but with fully defined characters. Cushing is excellent as the title character priest/smuggler.
Hammer regular Michael Ripper is given one of his best roles.
The mysterious Marsh Phantoms look great. Excellent story based on
the classic British novel Dr Syn. The ending is genuinely
moving. Superb.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Rank
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: A
TIMELINE
1961
September
25: UK - principal photography begins
November
8: UK - principal photography ends
1962
June
7: UK - theatrical premiere at the Leicester Square
Odeon, London
25: Theatrical release (on a double bill with The
Phantom of the Opera (1962))
POSTER TAGS
Their oath was -- TERROR! Their cry --
BLOOD! Their goal -- DEATH!
Even from the coffin, no woman was safe
from the horror of the Marsh Phantoms!
Only one man knew their secret - and
torture silenced his tongue!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Curse of Captain Clegg - shooting
title
Night Creatures - US title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Daily Cinema no.8619 (4
June 1962) p.6 (UK)
review
Dark Terrors no.12 (June
1996) pp.7-14; 15-16 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review; illustrated
article
The House That Hammer Built no.3
(June 1997) pp.165-169 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Kine Weekly no.2852 (31
May 1962) p.90 (UK)
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.29
no.342 (July 1962) p.92 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
BOOKS
The Hammer Story pp.70-71
illustrated article, review (by Marcus Hearn and Alan
Barnes) KEYWORDS
smugglers, tongues, torture, coffins, undertakers, vicars
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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