CAPTAIN CLEGG - BD

(Peter Graham Scott, 1962, 82 mins)
Release date: 26 February 2024
Standard Edition Blu-ray

Peter Cushing (The Gorgon, Corruption) and Oliver Reed (The Scarlet Blade) star in Peter Graham Scott’s Captain Clegg, which sees the legendary Hammer Films studio fuse horror and adventure in a film that was released in the US as Night Creatures.

When Captain Collier (Patrick Allen, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger) investigates reports of smuggling in the tiny coastal village of Dymchurch, the villagers, under the leadership of Parson Blyss (Cushing), refuse to co-operate. Collier’s men are plagued by apparitions of ‘marsh phantoms’ and tales of Captain Clegg, the fearsome pirate leader who was buried there... Or was he?

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Two presentations of the film: Captain Clegg, with the original UK title sequence, and Night Creatures, with the alternative US titles
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historian and filmmaker Constantine Nasr (2021)
• The BEHP Interview with Peter Graham Scott (2004, 201 mins): career-spanning filmed interview, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Graham Scott in conversation with Darrol Blake and John Sealey
• Hammer’s Women: Molly Arbuthnot and Rosemary Burrows (2021, 14 mins): overview of the prolific Hammer wardrobe mistresses by film historian Josephine Botting
• Kim Newman Introduces ‘Captain Clegg’ (2021, 14 mins): appreciation by the critic and author
• Peter Cushing: Perspectives (2021, 29 mins): documentary looking at the life and work of Peter Cushing, featuring contributions from actors Derek Fowlds, Judy Matheson and Madeline Smith
• Smugglers’ Gothic (2021, 22 mins): David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde, on Don Banks’ score and the influence of the head of Hammer Films’ music department, Philip Martell
• Making of ‘Captain Clegg’ (2014, 32 mins): documentary narrated by actor John Carson, with insights from film historian Wayne Kinsey
• The Mossman Legacy (2014, 7 mins): Kinsey discusses the contributions of transport historian and collector George Mossman to Hammer productions
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image galleries: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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BBFC cert: 12
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924206