Four Sided Triangle (1953)

Director:

Terence Fisher

Writers:

Terence Fisher (screenplay)
Paul Tabori (adaptation)
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Release Date:

15 June 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

She lived two amazing lives under his spell!

Plot:

Bill and Robin, helped by their childhood friend, Lena, develop a "reproducer" which can exactly duplicate any object...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Barbara Payton	...	Lena / Helen
James Hayter	...	Dr. Harvey
Stephen Murray	...	Bill
John Van Eyssen	...	Robin
Percy Marmont	...	Sir Walter
Jennifer Dearman	...	Lena as a Child
Glyn Dearman	...	Bill as a Child
Sean Barrett	...	Robin as a Child
Kynaston Reeves	...	Lord Grant
John Stuart	...	Solicitor
Edith Saville	...	Lady Grant

Directed by
Terence Fisher

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Terence Fisher		screenplay
Paul Tabori		adaptation and screenplay
William F. Temple		novel "Four-Sided Triangle"

Produced by
Michael Carreras	....	producer
Alexander Paal	....	producer

Original Music by
Malcolm Arnold

Cinematography by
Reginald H. Wyer

Film Editing by
Maurice Rootes

Art Direction by
J. Elder Wills

Makeup Department
Dick Bonnor-Morris	....	makeup artist
Nina Broe	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Victor Wark	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Shore	....	assistant director
Aida Young	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bill Salter	....	sound recordist
Percy Britten	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Len Harris	....	camera operator
Tom Friswell	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
John Jay	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Manny Yospa	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Bill Lenny	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Muir Mathieson	....	conductor

Other crew
Renée Glynne	....	continuity
Nora Roberts	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• Hammer Film Productions

Distributors

• Exclusive Films (1953) (UK) (theatrical)
• Astor Pictures Corporation (1953) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Peerless Films (Canada) (as "Monster and the Woman")
• Sinister Cinema (????) (USA) (VHS)

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Runtime:

81 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #16055)

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Quotes:

Lena:An empty mind... and a new beginning!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The World of Hammer: The Curse of Frankenstein (#1.10)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Wedding March

Well shot and helped much by Malcolm Arnold soundtrack

Early Hammer sci-fi, which is nicely enough made, just avoiding being too sentimental about the rolling hills of old England, but not having quite the edge that would have made it so much better. Difficult enough after the war to discuss suicide so openly without taking too cynical a view on life and death generally but it is the end that really disappoints. I won't spoil the ending but am convinced this could have been a real chiller. Nevertheless, everyone turns out decent performances with Barbara Payton being particularly effective in her twin roles. Well shot and helped much by Malcolm Arnold soundtrack. Worth seeing and despite obvious precedents, original enough in its own way.