The Black Torment (Original title)
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 20 November 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Hartford-Davis
Synopsis: When Sir Richard Fordyke brings home his second bride in 1780 he is greeted by surly villagers and hears from his steward, Seymour, of ugly rumours spreading about him. Haunted by the ghost of his wife and accused of raping and murdering a village girl he looks to Colonel Wentworth of the militia to help him. Wentworth tries to keep in check the clamouring villagers when Sir Richard is ambushed at night whilst his wife swears he has just left her. Driven almost insane, he searches for a clue to explain and solve his torment and these events. Not until his paralytic father is found murdered and Diane, his first wife's sister, is killed by Seymour is the mystery solved.
Genres: Period drama, Melodrama
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7650 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Shivers - n41 May 1997: no known title]Author: HANKS, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Film and TV Technician v32 n259 November 1966
Title: [Film and TV Technician - v32 n259 November 1966: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n371 December 1964 Page: 175
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n371 December 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8977 14 Oct 1964 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8977 14 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Oct 1964
Title: [Variety - 21 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2942 20 Feb 1964 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2942 20 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on filming.
In: Kine Weekly n2977 22 Oct 1964 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2977 22 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 20 November 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Hartford-Davis
Synopsis: When Sir Richard Fordyke brings home his second bride in 1780 he is greeted by surly villagers and hears from his steward, Seymour, of ugly rumours spreading about him. Haunted by the ghost of his wife and accused of raping and murdering a village girl he looks to Colonel Wentworth of the militia to help him. Wentworth tries to keep in check the clamouring villagers when Sir Richard is ambushed at night whilst his wife swears he has just left her. Driven almost insane, he searches for a clue to explain and solve his torment and these events. Not until his paralytic father is found murdered and Diane, his first wife's sister, is killed by Seymour is the mystery solved.
Genres: Period drama, Melodrama
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7650 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(40)
©: Compton-Tekli Film Productions, a Compton-Tekli production: Compton-Tekli Film Productions, Presents: Michael Klinger, Tony Tenser, Produced by: Robert Hartford-Davis, Associate Producer: Robert Sterne, Production Controller: Terry Glinwood, 1st Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis, Assistant Director: Ray Frift, Assistant Director: Roger Simons, Continuity: Lee Turner, Original Screenplay by: Donald Ford, Derek Ford, Director of Photography: Peter Newbrook, Camera Operator: Denis Lewiston, Focus: Ronnie Fox-Rogers, Clapper/Loader: Colin Corby, Grip: Ray Jones, Stills: Laurie Turner, Editor: Alastair McIntyre, Assistant Editor: Karen Heward, Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Thoyts, Assistant Editor: Michael Hopkins, Art Director: Alan Harris, Assistant Art Director: John Siddall, Property Master: Sid Leggatt, Costumes: Bermans, Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Make-up: George Partleton, Hairdresser: Joan White, Music Composed and Conducted by: Robert Richards, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Mixer: Bert Ross, Sound Recordist: John Aldred, Boom Operator: Peter Dukelow, Logo [Recording System]: Westrex Recording System, Dubbing Editor: Peter Thornton, Special Action/Sword Fight Arranged by: Peter Brace, Made at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(18)
Heather Sears (Lady Elizabeth), John Turner (Sir Richard Fordyke), Ann Lynn (Diane), Peter Arne (Seymour), Norman Bird (Harris), Raymond Huntley (Colonel Wentworth), Annette Whiteley (Mary), Francis De Wolff (Black John), Joseph Tomelty (Sir Giles), Patrick Troughton (Ostler), Roger Croucher (apprentice), Charles Houston (Jenkins), Derek Newark (coachman), Kathy Mcdonald (Kate), Jack Taylor, Bill Cummings, Frank Hayden (soldier), Edina Ronay (Lucy Judd)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Shivers n41 May 1997 Pages: 4-7Title: [Shivers - n41 May 1997: no known title]Author: HANKS, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Film and TV Technician v32 n259 November 1966
Title: [Film and TV Technician - v32 n259 November 1966: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n371 December 1964 Page: 175
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n371 December 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8977 14 Oct 1964 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8977 14 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Oct 1964
Title: [Variety - 21 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2942 20 Feb 1964 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2942 20 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on filming.
In: Kine Weekly n2977 22 Oct 1964 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2977 22 Oct 1964: no known title]Language: English