Captain Clegg (film)

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Captain Clegg

Directed by	Peter Graham Scott
Produced by	John Temple-Smith
Written by	Anthony Hinds
Starring	Peter Cushing Yvonne Romain Patrick Allen
Music by	Don Banks
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Editing by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Release dates	June 13, 1962 June 25, 1962
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.

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?^[1]

Cast

^[2]

Peter Cushing as Parson Blyss/Captain Clegg
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

Crew

Directed by Peter Graham Scott^[3]
Screenplay by John Elder (Anthony Hinds)^[4]
Produced by John Temple-Smith^[5]
Music by Don Banks^[6]
Musical supervisor: Philip Martell^[7]
Director of photography: Arthur Grant, B.S.C.^[8]
Production design by Bernard Robinson^[9]
Art direction by Don Mingaye^[10]
Supervising editor: James Needs^[11]
Edited by Eric Boyd-Perkins^[12]
Make-up by Roy Ashton^[13]
Special effects by Les Bowie^[14]
Fight sequences staged by Bob Simmons^[15]

Home video release

In North America, the film was released on September 6, 2005 along with seven other Hammer horror films on the 4-DVD set The Hammer Horror Series (ASIN: B0009X770O), which is part of MCA-Universal's Franchise Collection.

External links

Captain Clegg at the Internet Movie Database

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula The Brides of Dracula Dracula: Prince of Darkness Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Taste the Blood of Dracula Scars of Dracula Dracula A.D. 1972 The Satanic Rites of Dracula The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein The Revenge of Frankenstein The Evil of Frankenstein Frankenstein Created Woman Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed The Horror of Frankenstein Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Mummy films	The Mummy The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb The Mummy's Shroud Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers Lust for a Vampire Twins of Evil

Dick Barton	Dick Barton: Special Agent Dick Barton at Bay Dick Barton Strikes Back

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll The Curse of the Werewolf Shadow of the Cat The Phantom of the Opera The Kiss of the Vampire The Gorgon Rasputin, the Mad Monk The Plague of the Zombies The Reptile The Witches The Devil Rides Out Hands of the Ripper Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Countess Dracula Vampire Circus Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter To the Devil a Daughter

Horror films	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste Fanatic Crescendo Beyond the Rave Let Me In Wake Wood The Woman in Black

Psychological horror films	Fear in the Night Demons of the Mind

Thriller films	Man in Black Taste of Fear Paranoiac Nightmare The Nanny Straight On till Morning

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle Spaceways The Quatermass Xperiment X the Unknown Quatermass 2 The Abominable Snowman The Man Who Could Cheat Death The Damned Quatermass and the Pit The Lost Continent Moon Zero Two

Mystery films	Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress Someone at the Door Cloudburst Whispering Smith Hits London Lady in the Fog The Saint's Return The Glass Cage The Full Treatment Hysteria

Crime films	Death in High Heels The Black Widow The Last Page Wings of Danger Blood Orange The Gambler and the Lady Mantrap The House Across the Lake Third Party Risk Murder by Proxy Women Without Men The Snorkel Hell Is a City Cash on Demand The Maniac

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell The Stranglers of Bombay The Devil-Ship Pirates Shatter The Lady Vanishes

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds Mask of Dust The Men of Sherwood Forest Sword of Sherwood Forest Passport to China The Terror of the Tongs The Pirates of Blood River The Scarlet Blade The Brigand of Kandahar She One Million Years B.C. A Challenge for Robin Hood Prehistoric Women The Viking Queen The Vengeance of She When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Creatures the World Forgot

Drama films	Song of Freedom The Rossiter Case Never Look Back Stolen Face The Flanagan Boy A Stranger Came Home Break in the Circle Never Take Sweets from a Stranger Captain Clegg Man at the Top The Resident

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth Sporting Love The Lady Craved Excitement What the Butler Saw Life with The Lyons The Lyons in Paris Up the Creek I Only Arsked! Further Up the Creek Don't Panic Chaps! The Ugly Duckling Watch it, Sailor! A Weekend with Lulu The Old Dark House The Anniversary On the Buses Mutiny on the Buses Holiday on the Buses Love Thy Neighbour

War films	The Steel Bayonet The Camp on Blood Island Yesterday's Enemy The Secret of Blood Island

See also	Hammer filmography

References

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