(Quentin Lawrence, 1961)
Release date: 15 February 2021
Standard Edition Blu-ray
This tense and hugely entertaining heist thriller is a Hammer take on A Christmas Carol, which pits miserly and fastidious bank manager (Peter Cushing in sparkling form) against debonair robber André Morell, as a plot to rob a bank on Christmas Eve unfolds in almost real time.
Reuniting Cushing and Morell, who had just played Holmes and Watson for Hammer in The Hound of the Baskervilles (and co-starred in the BBC's controversial 1954 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984), this ingenious suspenser is now regarded by many as one of Hammer’s best films.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Two presentations of the film: the original UK theatrical cut (67 mins); and the extended US version (81 mins)
Audio commentary with film historians Jonathan Rigby and David Miller
The Perfect Crime: Inside ‘Cash On Demand’ (2018, 19 mins): an analysis of the film and its production by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby, BFI curator Josephine Botting and cultural historian John J Johnston
Hammer’s Women: Lois Daine (2018, 10 mins): critic and author Becky Booth on the popular English actress
Lois Daine on ‘Cash on Demand’ (2018, 8 mins): new and exclusive interview
Original theatrical trailer
Image galleries: press and promotional material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
