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Hammer Film Productions, the iconic British film studio, has always been synonymous with sex and violence.
But the promise of gore and nudity was central to Hammers production and advertising campaigns from the mid-1950s on.
The program is the first in a two-part series, and focuses on Hammers output from 19561967.
Unfortunately, James also had a big hand in leading the company to financial ruin.
After that, Hammer produced science-fiction curios like the sometimes great space oddityMoon Zero Two(1969).
), and grueling production schedules.
Cushing and Lees contributions to Hammers colorful history cannot be overstated.
(1966) andThe Viking Queen(1967).
follow-up,Yesterdays Enemy(1959).
Heres to many more years of lurid Hammer glory.
