Cast & Crew

Directed by

Robert Hamer

Writing Credits

Roy Horniman
(novel)
Robert Hamer
(screenplay) &
John Dighton
(screenplay)
Nancy Mitford
(screenplay revisions) (uncredited)

Cast

Dennis Price
Louis
Valerie Hobson
Edith
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
Eric Messiter
Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Stanley Beard
Warder
Norman Fisher
Member of D'Ascoyne Household
Maxwell Foster
Warder
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins
Nicholas Hill
Sergeant-at-Arms
Fletcher Lightfoot
Peer of the Realm
Cavan Malone
Young Graham
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament
Harry Phipps
Lawyer
Miles Silverton
Lord
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis
Ivan Staff
Valuer
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel
Carol White
Young Sibella
George Wilson
Lord
Harold Young
Captain

Produced by

Michael Balcon
producer
Michael Relph
associate producer

Music by

Ernest Irving
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Douglas Slocombe
director of photography

Editing by

Peter Tanner

Casting By

Margaret Harper Nelson
(uncredited)

Art Direction by

William Kellner

Costume Design by

Anthony Mendleson

Makeup Department

Barbara Barnard
hair stylist
Harry Frampton
makeup artist
Pearl Orton
hair stylist (as Pearl Gardner)
Ernest Taylor
makeup artist
Daphne Martin
assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

Leigh Aman
unit production manager
Hal Mason
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Norman Priggen
assistant director
John Hewlett
third assistant director (uncredited)
David W. Orton
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Grace Bryan-Brown
draughtsman (uncredited)
Bert Davey
assistant art director (uncredited)
Norman Dorme
draughtsman (uncredited)
Roger Hopkin
draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Shampan
draughtsman (uncredited)
V. Shaw
draughtsman (uncredited)
R. Thurgarland
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Stephen Dalby
sound supervisor
John W. Mitchell
sound recordist (as John Mitchell)
Norman King
chief sound engineer (uncredited)
Peter Musgrave
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
A. Steadman
boom operator (uncredited)
Eric Stockl
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Gordon Stone
dubbing editor (uncredited)
Pat Wheeler
assistant boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Geoffrey Dickinson
special effects
Sydney Pearson
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Jeff Seaholme
camera operator
Jack Dooley
still photographer (uncredited)
Arthur Lemming
assistant camera (uncredited)
Bob Penn
still photographer (uncredited)
P. Pollock
clapper loader (uncredited)
Ken Westbury
clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Hugh Wilson
focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Edith Crutchley
wardrobe mistress (uncredited)
Ben Foster
wardrobe master (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Roy Baker
second assistant editor (uncredited)
Seth Holt
assembly cutter (uncredited)
John Jympson
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Ernest Irving
conductor: The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra
musicians: orchestra

Script and Continuity Department

Phyllis Crocker
continuity
Susan Carbutt
assistant continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

J. Arthur Rank
presenter (as J.Arthur Rank)
John Newnham
publicist (uncredited)
Pat O'Connor
publicist (uncredited)
All Filters