Discounted as an unreliable witness, Candy must trap her stepfather on her own. Bizarre murders in a French setting remind us a bit of Clouzot's Les Diaboliques, while Candy's precocious investigation points forward to a number of sixties' chillers. We know from the beginning that it's Paul Decker (Peter Van Eyck), a wife-killer who soon decides that his teenaged stepdaughter Candy (Mandy Miller) must die as well. The killer seals himself into a gas-filled room, and breathes by donning an adapted diving snorkel mask. Rocky cliffs render sneaking through the border almost impossible - by normal means.ĭirector Guy Green gets the most from the second gimmick, which is explained in the film's first scene. The killer avoids suspicion because he can prove that he was in the wrong country during the crime. As with more than a few Hammer mysteries, it takes place at a beach setting, on the border between France and Italy. Written by Peter Myers and Hammer's in-house scribe Jimmy Sangster, from a story by Italian horror director Antonio Margheriti, 1 The Snorkel is an elaborate "how did he do it?" gimmick film. The collection begins with a murder thriller, 1958's The Snorkel. Several were severely cut for America, either for "mature themes" or just to render them as brief as possible for Columbia double bills. Some of the titles in this collection are real rarities: most received only token releases in the United States and scant exhibition on Television. The color horrors often seem limited to tiny studio sets and a local park, but these B&W widescreen productions boast locations across England and even on the continent. Hammer's Technicolor gothic horror films became legend but the company actually produced in a variety of genres. Reaching further down into its vault of co-productions with England's Hammer Films, Ltd, Sony collects five mystery thrillers and one Science Fiction masterpiece under the title Icons of Suspense: Hammer Films. Produced by Michael Carreras Val Guest Anthony Hinds Jimmy Sangster.ĭirected by Guy Green, Val Guest, Cyril Frankel, Quentin Lawrence, Michael Carreras, Joseph Losey. Written by Jimmy Sangster Val Guest, Ronald Scott Thorn John Hunter David T. Original Music Francis Chagrin Stanley Black Elisabeth Lutyens Wilfred Josephs James Bernard. John Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis Janina Faye, Patrick Allen Peter Cushing, André Morell Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Liliane Brousse Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed.Ĭinematography Jack Asher Gilbert Taylor Freddie Francis Arthur Grant Wilkie Cooper. ``I’d get the ball up on the green and then play croquet with it _ back and forth, back and forth,″ he says.The Snorkel, Stop Me Before I Kill!, Never Take Candy from a Stranger, Cash on Demand, Maniac, These are the Damnedġ958 - 1965 / B&W / 540 min.
So why is a guy who can hit the ball from here to the Mir peddling non-USGA- sanctioned golf clubs instead of winning millions on the PGA Tour?Īnother true story, Hamm says: He played a round at Inverness Golf Club a few years back and shot a 2-over-par 74, with an embarrassing 43 putts. (Hamm, at 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, hit the 473-yard record drive with a legal, USGA-approved club he calls the Jackhammer at a driving range near Denver.) ``I like the club, but when you play in tournaments you can’t use it,″ Shanahan says. ``The average golfer doesn’t care if the club is legal″ is his standard response.ĭenver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan met Hamm a couple of years ago while beating balls at a driving range. ``You cannot have holes through the face of the club,″ says John Mutch, manager of equipment standards for the USGA. However, the United States Golf Association refuses to certify the Air Hammer, barring it from official events. You don’t think about when you made a 6-foot putt.″ When you go play a round of golf and you hit that shot on No. ``What is the thrill for a golfer that brings him back? It’s hitting the long ball,″ Hamm says.
Hamm expects to double or triple that this year. Thanks to an infomercial and word of mouth, Longball, which also makes putters and wedges, did about $5 million in sales last year.
And higher club speed means longer drives. That means less wind resistance and higher club-head speed. Longball makes the Air Hammer, a $250 metal driver that has six holes through the face and a hole in the back to let air pass through the head.
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