Dick Barton at Bay (Original title)Dick Barton versus the Death Ray (Working title)
Date: 02 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Godfrey Grayson
Synopsis: A British scientist and his daughter are kidnapped by a fanatical foreign agent who is after a death ray invention. They are imprisoned in a lighthouse on Beachy Head, but Dick Barton and the police arrive in time.
Genre: Detective drama
Subjects: Scientific research, Lighthouses, Beachy Head
Releases
Date: 02 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 68 mins Length: 6110 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS 1947-1949Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Short paragraph
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n202 November 1950 Page: 171
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n202 November 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6087 22 Sep 1950 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6087 22 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276585
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276584
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276585
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-41930
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-641802
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-641808
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 6107 FeetBFI identifier: C-41928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-41929
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 02 October 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Godfrey Grayson
Synopsis: A British scientist and his daughter are kidnapped by a fanatical foreign agent who is after a death ray invention. They are imprisoned in a lighthouse on Beachy Head, but Dick Barton and the police arrive in time.
Genre: Detective drama
Subjects: Scientific research, Lighthouses, Beachy Head
Releases
Date: 02 October 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 68 mins Length: 6110 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions, Production Company: Marylebone Film Studios Limited, [Produced] by arrangement with: Ted Kavanagh Associated, Presents: Exclusive Films, Produced by: Henry Halsted, Production Manager: Eric Veendam, Continuity: Prudence Sykes, Casting Director: Edgar Blatt, Casting Manager: Mary Harris, Screen Play: Jackson C. Budd, Screen Play: Ambrose Grayson, Emma Trechman, From a Story by: Ambrose Grayson, Director of Photography: Stanley Clinton, Camera Operator: Jack Rose, Film Editor: Max Brenner, Assembly Cutter: Dodo Elliot, Art Director: James Marchant, Make up Artist: Teddy Edwards, Hair Stylist: J. Hollis, Music Composed and Arranged by: Rupert Grayson, ['The Devil's Gallop' theme by]: Charles Williams, Music Arranged and Composed by: Frank Spencer, Sound Recordist: Charles Hasher, [Studio]: Marylebone Studios
Cast
(17)
Don Stannard (Dick Barton), Tamara Desni (Anna), George Ford (Snowey White), Meinhart Maur (Serge Volkoff), Percy Walsh (Professor Mitchell), Joyce Linden (Mary Mitchell), Campbell Singer (Sir George Cavendish), John Arnatt (Jackson), Richard George (Inspector Slade), Beatrice Kane (Betsy Horrick), Patrick Mcnee (David Phillips), George Crawford (Boris), Paddy Ryan (Fingers), Fred Owen (a gangster), Yoshihide Yanai (Chang), Ted Butterfield (Tommy), Ben Williams ([submarine commander])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Dark Terrors n9 November 1994 Page: 34Title: HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS 1947-1949Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Short paragraph
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v17 n202 November 1950 Page: 171
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v17 n202 November 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6087 22 Sep 1950 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6087 22 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276585
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276584
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 64.48 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276585
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-41930
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-641802
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-641808
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 6107 FeetBFI identifier: C-41928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6107 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-41929
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film