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Hammer Films or Hammer Pictures is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies — and, in later years, television series. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was due, in part, to distribution partnerships with major United States studios, such as Warner Bros.
During the late 1960s and 1970s the saturation of the horror film market by competitors and the loss of American funding forced changes to the previously lucrative Hammer formula, with varying degrees of success. The company eventually ceased production in the mid-1980s. In 2000, the studio was bought by a consortium including advertising executive and art collector Charles Saatchi and publishing millionaires Neil Mendoza and William Sieghart. The company announced plans to begin making films again after this, but none were produced.
In May 2007, the company was sold again, this time to a consortium headed by Dutch media tycoon John de Mol, who announced plans to spend some $50m (£25m) on new horror films. The new owners also acquired the Hammer group's film library, consisting of 295 movies. Simon Oakes, who took over as CEO of Hammer, said: "Hammer is a great British brand — we intend to take it back into production and develop its global potential. The brand is still alive but no one has invested in it for a long time". Since then it has produced the feature films Let Me In (2010), The Resident (2011) and The Woman in Black (2012).
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(2012)Filmographie de Hammer Film Productions (192 films)
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The Last Page (1952)
, 1h24Réalisé par Terence Fisher
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors, Raymond Huntley, Eleanor Summerfield, Meredith Edwards
John Harman se retrouve la cible d'un chantage de la part d'une de ses employées et, lorsque celle-ci est retrouvée morte, il est le principal suspect. Avec l'aide de sa secrétaire Stella, il va arriver à prouver son innocence et à faire arrêter le vrai coupable.
Whispering Smith Hits London (1952)
, 1h17Réalisé par Francis Searle
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Policier
Acteurs Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt, Herbert Lom, Rona Anderson, Alan Wheatley, Dora Bryan
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
, 1h12Réalisé par Sam Newfield
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier
Acteurs Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Forwood, Eric Pohlmann
An American gambler, Forster (Clark), aspires to find acceptance amongst the British nobility after falling in love with the aristocratic Lady Susan Willens (Chance), a prominent blueblood who has actually been pursuing him. To start a relationship with her, he dumps his girlfriend (Byron), a singer in one of his nightclubs who becomes murderously jealous. He must also deal with mobsters who try to take over his nightclubs. Swindled by an upper-class con-man (Ireland) into voluntarily selling out to the mobsters anyway all his valuable assets including the gambling-casino nightclubs, a racehorse and a boxer, in order to invest in a gold-mining scam that is eventually unmasked as a fraud, he finds himself broke and in a gunfight with the mobsters, who have been deceived by a gang member with a grudge against him into thinking that they need to kill him. Non-fatally wounded in the gunfight, he is about to make an escape from his mobster pursuers when his jilted girlfriend the nightclub singer vindictively tries to kill him by hitting him with her car. He is struck a glancing blow that knocks him down, and she flees the scene. At that point, Lady Willens, with Forster's butler, arrive on the scene and come to his aid. Forster, still alive, looks up from the gutter in which he is lying and says, "Susan" with relief and gratitude but then collapses. Susan has told him that he will be alright and tells the butler, "Let's bring him home," leaving the audience to wonder, as they pick him up and carry him to Susan's car, whether he is still alive or whether he will survive his injuries.
Cloudburst (1951)
, 1h23Réalisé par Francis Searle
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller
Acteurs Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, Colin Tapley, Sheila Burrell, Mary Germaine, Stanley Baker
Dick Barton At Bay (1950)
, 1h8Réalisé par Godfrey Grayson
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Action, Aventure, Espionnage, Policier
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Don Stannard, Tamara Desni, Meinhart Maur, Campbell Singer, John Arnatt, Patrick Macnee
Dick Barton doit retrouver un scientifique qui a été kidnappé. Il serait l'inventeur d'un rayon mortel que se convoitent plusieurs puissances mondiales.
The Man in Black (1950)
, 1h20Réalisé par Francis Searle
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller
Acteurs Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sid James, Anthony Forwood, Valentine Dyall
After the death of her yogi father during a freak "yoga accident", Joan Clavering returns home to her widowed and suddenly very wealthy step-mother Bertha. The latter conspires with her daughter Janice to drive Joan insane and deprive her of her rightful inheritance.
Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
, 1h13Réalisé par Godfrey Grayson
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Action, Espionnage, Policier
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot, Jean Lodge, James Raglan, John Harvey, Sidney Vivian
Dick Barton doit mettre un terme aux actions d'un bande de tueurs psychopathes qui veulent se servir d'une arme de destruction massive pour faire chanter les gouvernements.
, 1h13Réalisé par Godfrey Grayson
Origine Royaume-uni
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Valentine Dyall, Hugh Griffith, Jean Lodge, Sidney Vivian, James Raglan
Private detective Doctor Morelle, who is intrigued by a case of a wealthy young woman who has mysteriously vanished...
The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
, 1h13Réalisé par Vernon Sewell
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Aventure
Acteurs Nigel Patrick, Darcy Conyers, Vernon Sewell, Edwin Richfield
Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948)
, 1h10Réalisé par Alfred J. Goulding
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Action, Espionnage, Policier
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Don Stannard, Colin Douglas, Eddie Powell
Dick Barton (Don Stannard) et ses amis Snowey et Jack enquêtent sur la contrebande. Il met au jour un complot néo-nazi de contaminer l'approvisionnement en eau de la Grande-Bretagne.
River Patrol (1948)
, 46minutesOrigine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Policier
Thèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs Wally Patch
Two British policemen, Robby and Jean, go undercover, pretending to be husband and wife in order to smash a ring of smugglers along the Thames. During the investigation they visit the most shady places of London, including a night club with the worst imaginable reputation in the city. The two fake-spouses befriend and dupe the night club owner and find evidence leading to the top of the smugller ring. However, their identities are revealed by the criminals before they can report back to their superiors, and they have to fight alone against the thugs until they finally manage to get them all arrested.
Wanted for Murder (1946)
, 1h35Réalisé par Lawrence Huntington
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, Roland Culver, Bonar Colleano, Stanley Holloway
Anne Fielding is delayed on the London Underground making her late for a meeting with her friend, Victor James Colebrooke. There, she meets Jack Williams who is also delayed. The two take an immediate liking to each other. After emerging from the Underground, Jack helps her locate Victor.