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The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1957
Running Times: 85 mins (USA)
91 mins (UK)
Format: black and white 35mm
Hammerscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hammer Films Productions
Executive Producer: Michael Carreras
Producer: Aubrey Baring
Associate Producer: Anthony Nelson-Keys
Production Manager: Don Weeks
SCRIPT
Script: Nigel Kneale
TV Play: The Creature by Nigel Kneale
(uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Val
Guest
Assistant Director: Robert Lynn
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Arthur Grant
Camera Operator: Len Harris
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Bill Lenny
MUSIC
Musical Director: John Hollingsworth
Music: Humphrey Searle
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jock May
Sound System: RCA Sound Recording
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Phil Leakey
Hair: Henry Montsash
Dress Designer: Beatrice Dawson
Wardrobe Mistress: Molly Arbuthnot
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernard Robinson
Art Director: Ted Marshall
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Doreen Soan
LOCATIONS
Locations: La Monge, France; Po Valley, France; French Pyrénées, France
Studios: Bray; Pinewood
Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
CAST
Forrest Tucker (Tom Friend)
Peter Cushing
(Dr John Rollason)
Richard Wattis (Peter Fox)
Maureen Connell (Helen Rollason)
Robert Brown (Ed Shelley)
Michael Brill (McNee)
Arnold Marlé (Lhama)
Wolfe Morris (Kusang)
Anthony Chin (Majordomo)
Fred Johnson (yeti (uncredited))
PLOT SUMMARY
A team of explorers arrive at a remote lamasery in the Himalayas searching
for a rare mountain herb. The arrival of an American explorer leads
to the search for the fabled yeti.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Although it occasionally betrays its roots as a television play, The
Abominable Snowman is a fine effort, albeit a distinctly minor one for
both Hammer and Val Guest. Strong performances and, as one would expect
from Kneale, a script that is both intelligent and surprising make it
very watchable.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers (on double bill with Untamed
Youth)
Video Distributor: Walton (WLB44)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Video Distributor: Walton (WLB44)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
UK
Rating: A
USA
Rating: unrated
TIMELINE
1955
January
30: UK - play The Creature
broadcast on British television
February
3: UK - play The
Creature has a second broadcast on British television
1956
November
2: UK - Hammer buys the rights to the play
December
6: UK - Forrest Tucker is contracted to play Tom Friend
1957
January
14: France - Preliminary shooting begins in the French Pyrenees
24: France - Preliminary shooting ends
28: UK - Principal photography begins at Bray Studios
February
18: UK - Production moves to Pinewood Studios
March
5: UK - Principal photography ends
May
13: UK - rated A by the BBFC (for theatrical release)
August
26: UK - theatrical premiere
November
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
1958
December
19: Finland - theatrical release
1980
June
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1986
April
17: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)
1989
March
18: UK- television broadcast (on Channel 4)
1991
May
17: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
1994
August
26: UK- television broadcast (on Channel 4)
2006
July
7: USA - television broadcast (on Fox Movie Channel)
POSTER TAGS
A Timeless Terror to Freeze You to Your Seats!
Demon-prowler of mountain shadows... Dreaded man-beast
of Tibet... The terror of all that is human!!
We dare you to see it alone! Each chilling moment a shock-test
for your scare-endurance!!
See it with someone brave!
A cave was the trap... A human being was the bait!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
L'abominable homme des neiges - Belgian
title
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas - US title
De afschuwelijke sneeuwman - Belgian title
Il mostruoso uomo delle nevi - Italian title
The Snow Creature - pre-production title
Yeti, der Schneemensch - German title
LINKS
REMAKE OF
The Creature
(1955)
SEE ALSO
The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)
Adventures in Dinosaur City (1992)
Alaska's Bigfoot (NO DATE)
The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek (1985)
The Beachcombers: The Sasquatch Walks By Night (NO DATE)
The Beast and the Vixens (1973)
Big Foot (1969)
Bigfoot (1987)
Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977)
Bigfoot - Man or Beast? (1975)
The Bionic Woman: The Return of Bigfoot Part II (1976)
Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
The Creature (1955)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Dangermouse: Bigfoot Falls (1991)
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowman (1967)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Doctor Who: The War Games (1969)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)
Downtime (1995)
The Geek (1981)
The Goodies: In Search of Bigfoot (1982)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Harry and the Hendersons (1990 - 1993)
In Search of Bigfoot (1976)
The Incredible Hulk: Man to Man, Beast to Beast (1996)
Jujin yukiotoka (1955)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Little Bigfoot (1997)
Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1997)
Maledicion de la bestia (1975)
Man Beast (1955)
Mia moglie e una bestia (1988)
Night of the Demon (1981)
Panic in the Wilderness (1975)
Rugrats: The Legend of Satchmo (NO DATE)
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot (1977)
Screams of a Winter Night (1977)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Part 1 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Part 2 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Return of Bigfoot Part 1 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: Bigfoot V (1977)
The Snow Creature (1954)
To Catch a Yeti (1995)
Yeti: Il gigante
del 20. secolo (1977)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Daily Film Renter no.7440 (9 August 1957)
p.3 (UK)
review
Fangoria no.186 (September 1999) p.37
(USA)
illustrated video review
Halls of Horror vol.2 no.7 (April 1978)
pp.35, 39 (UK)
credits
Halls of Horror no.30 p.12 (UK)
credits
Hollywood Reporter vol.147 no.9 (28 October
1957) p.3 (USA)
credits, review
The House That Hammer Built no.2 (April
1997) pp.59-62 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review
Kinematograph Weekly no.2609 (15 August
1957) p.18 (UK)
review
Little Shop of Horrors no.12 p.36 (UK)
note
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.24 no.284 (September
1957) p.112 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Shivers no.61 (January 1999) pp.18-21
(UK)
illustrated article
Today's Cinema vol.89 no.7835 (9 August
1957) p.6 (UK)
review
TV Times 18 - 24 March 1989 p.39 (UK)
review
NEWSPAPERS
The Daily Mail 6 August 1957 (UK)
short article (Look Out For the Dreaded Snowman)
BOOKS
Creature Features Strike Again p.10
review, credits
Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.2
credits, review, UK video data
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film p.2
credits, review
Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide pp.1-2
credits
Ghastly Beyond Belief p.173
quotes
Hammer House of Horror p.158
review
The Hammer Story pp.26-27, 176
credits, synopsis, review, production notes
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies
1991 - 1992 p.15
review, credits
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV p.1
credits
Horror Film Handbook p.12
review, credits
Science Fiction Film Source Book p.20
credits, review
Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television
Credits II p.732
credits
KEYWORDS
yetis, himalayas, aliens
CONTRIBUTORS
Roger Keightley; Kevin Lyons
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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