I decided that this film features my favorite pretitle sequence of all time. Michael carreras took on the production but this time, rather than a hammer regular, a new director was hired excinematographer and upcoming director guy green. Enjoyable blackandwhite hammer studios 1958 thriller. The official trailer to hammer films thriller the snorkel. Overview of the snorkel, 1958, directed by guy green, with peter van eyck, betta st. Disk 1 has stop me before i kill which dates from 1958 and shows the dark side of psychiatry. The snorkel 1958 hammer films the movie title stills.
Youll find related movie titles and typography in the 19501954 and 1950s trailers sections. Cash on demand, from 1961, features a taut script and one of peter cushings best nonhorror performances. The snorkel 1958 guy green synopsis, characteristics. The snorkel 1958 on the italian coast, writer paul decker peter van eyck, who has grown unhappy in his marriage, executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. This is a 27 x 41 original us onesheet poster for the 1958 guy green hammer productions film the snorkel based on a story by anthony dawson, screenplay by peter myers and jimmy sangster and starring peter van eyck as paul decker. Buy the snorkel movie posters from movie poster shop. Watch the snorkel full movie in hd visit movie 36754 jacques duval devises a fiendishly clever method of murdering his wife. Although the police have termed her mothers death a suicide, a.
The first time the snorkel was on tcm, i saw only the beginning and i know you saw only the end. Unusually for the lowbudget company, the film is not only set in italy hammer often set films on the continent but was in fact partly filmed there. Yves cousteaus groundbreaking documentary, the silent world, which introduces the titular aquatic device to the movie s young heroine. Using a snorkel, paul decker contrives to murder his wife madge in such a way that it. Paul decker murders his wife in her italian villa by drugging her milk and asphyxiating her by gas. The snorkel was jimmy sangsters third feature screenplay for hammer, following x the unknown 1956 and the curse of frankenstein 1957. Now that weve each watched it, we can discuss the whole movie. The snorkel 1958 guy green, peter van eyck, betta st. Home video sony pictures home entertainment classic horrors rating 7 out of 10 warning. Killerwithagimmick jacques duval devises a fiendishly clever method of murdering his wife.
Paul decker peter van eyck constructs the elaborate murder of his wife so that it looks. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Disk 2 has the snorkel 1958 and maniac 1963, about a perfect crime and a twisted killer, are the least of the set but still worthwhile. The snorkel not rated 1h 14min crime, horror, mystery 7 july 1958 uk although the police have termed her mothers death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her stepfather murdered her. The snorkel may not be the best movie produced by hammer films, but its a good film the film had its premier aboard the luxury liner queen elizabeth, during a crossing of the atlantic in may 1958. Doping her up with sleeping tablets, duval places his wife in a sealed room, then opens all the gas jets. We know hes the killer but peter van eyck as sly stepfather paul is playing grief at his italian villa, collected by jean betta st. Jacques duval devises a fiendishly clever method of murdering his wife. John, mandy miller, gregoire aslan, william franklyn studio. It was directed by guy green and stars peter van eyck, betta st. John, friend of stepdaughter candy mandy miller, whose mother was the victim, in hammer films the snorkel, 1958. Snorkeling antigua caribbean snorkeling adventures with captain nick and reefview snorkel charters. The snorkel 1958 tuesdays forgotten film tipping my fedora. While the police identify the body, duval remains hidden in the room, breathing through a snorkel, then makes his escape when the authorities leave.
Directed by guy green and a screenplay by jimmy sangster. The snorkel 1958 full movie download full hd youtube. Jul 26, 2017 the snorkel 1958 guy green, peter van eyck, betta st. In 1958, snorkels were not as commonplace as they are now, so its an unusual and unsettling opening. Mind you, it doesnt help that the smartest character in the film appears to be a dog, which doesnt say much about. The snorkel 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So, i was thrilled when it was released as part of the hammer films icons of suspense collection. The snorkel 1958 cast and crew on the italian coast, writer paul decker peter van eyck, who has grown unhappy in his marriage, executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. A wellshot weknowwhodunnit but proving it provides the real suspense, particularly when left to the devices of a 15. The snorkel is a film directed by guy green with peter van eyck, betta st.
John, mandy miller, gregoire aslan, david ritch en armand guinie. The snorkel 1958 tt0052207 jacques duval devises a fiendishly clever method of murdering his wife. Rent maniac the snorkel 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd. The picture quality on this new version of the snorkel 1958 is excellent, the picture is clean and free of any dirt marks whilst the image is sharp.
The snorkel is a locked room mystery without a mystery, opening as it does straight into a scene where we see paul decker peter van eyck sealing up a room in which his wife lies unconscious before turning on the gas so that it appears that shes committed suicide, before concealing himself in the gap under the floor with an oxygen supply so that he can remain hidden until the body after the. John, mandy miller, crime, mystery, thriller, horror july 26, 2017 paul decker murders his wife in her italian villa by drugging her milk and asphyxiating her by gas. Paul decker peter van eyck arranges what seems to be the. Although the police have termed her mothers death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her stepfather murdered her. The snorkel is a locked room mystery without a mystery, opening as it does straight into a scene where we see paul decker peter van eyck sealing up a room in which his wife lies unconscious before turning on the gas so that it appears that shes committed suicide, before concealing himself in the gap under the floor with an oxygen supply so that he can remain hidden until the body after the body has been discovered and the wrong conclusions drawn.
While the police identify the body, duval remains hidden in the room, breathing through a snorkel, then makes his escape. A hammer film production released by columbia jul 1958 at 74 minutes bob 22960. Released in 1958 by hammer studios, shortly after the famed british filmmaking independent began its reign of the gothic horror niche with that years the curse of frankenstein, the picture is a tale of murder and suspense without being an actual mystery. It is a very atmospheric black and white film, a media which should be taken advantage of more even today as a tool to establish mood. The snorkel is a 1958 british thriller film from hammer films. Rick and sark discuss the hammer thriller, the snorkel. Rent maniac the snorkel 1958 starring kerwin mathews and nadia gray on dvd and bluray. For most of the snorkel, i felt as if the movie squandered its big gimmick in the opening scene.