Captain Clegg (film)
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| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Produced by | John Temple-Smith |
| Written by | John Temple-Smith |
| Starring | Peter Cushing Yvonne Romain Patrick Allen |
| Music by | Don Banks |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Editing by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Release date(s) |  June 13, 1962 June 25, 1962 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Captain Clegg is a 1962 Hammer Film Productions film. In the United States, it is known as Night Creatures. It is loosely based on Doctor Syn and stars Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, and Patrick Allen.
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[edit] Plot Summary
Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his band of sailors show up to an English coastal town to investigate reports of “Marsh Phantoms” who ride by night spreading terror to the town. The Captain suspects that the local reverend (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something. Are the phantoms genuine or a cover for illegal smuggling activities?
[edit] Cast
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Blyss
- Yvonne Romain as Imogene
- Patrick Allen as Captain Collier
- Oliver Reed as Harry
- Michael Ripper as Mipps
- David Lodge as Bosun
- Derek Francis as Squire
- Jack MacGowran as Frightened man
- Peter Halliday as 1st sailor
- Martin Benson as Rash
- Daphne Anderson as Mrs. Rash
- Milton Reed as Mulatto
- Terry Scully as 2nd sailor
- Rupert Osborn as Gerry
- Sydney Bromley as Tom Ketch
- Gordon Rollings as Wurzel
- Bob Head as Peg-leg
- Colin Douglas as Pirate bosun
[edit] Crew
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- Directed by Peter Graham-Scott
- Screenplay by John Elder (Anthony Hinds)
- Produced by John Temple-Smith
- Music by Don Banks
- Musical supervisor: Philip Martell
- Director of photography: Arthur Grant, B.S.C.
- Production design by Bernard Robinson
- Art direction by Don Mingaye
- Supervising editor: James Needs
- Edited by Eric Boyd-Perkins
- Make-up by Roy Ashton
- Special effects by Les Bowie
- Fight sequences staged by Bob Simmons
[edit] Trivia
- The main character's name was changed from Doctor Syn to Dr. Blyss to avoid rights problems with Disney who had a competing film version released in the same time period.
- Hammer originally planned to film Richard Matheson's apocalyptic horror novel I Am Legend under the title Night Creatures. The plan was scotched when the British censor told them that such a film would be outright banned in England. Hammer had already promised their American distributor a film called Night Creatures, so they sold the already-completed Captain Clegg under this title.
- The doom metal band Cathedral (band) has a song on their album, Caravan Beyond Redemption, called Captain Clegg. This song describes Captain Clegg's character in the Hammer film and even features a few quotes from it.
