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Anthony Hinds (born 1922), aka Tony Hinds, aka John Elder, is a British screenwriter and producer. He is the son of the founder of Hammer Film Productions, William Hinds. Tony Hinds was educated at St Paul's School. He joined his father's business briefly before he went off to become a pilot in the RAF during World War II. Hinds returned to Hammer in 1946 and initially produced a great many modest thrillers. One of these was The Dark Road (1947), one of the quota quickies, which featured a jewellery shop called 'Hinds', a reference to his father's original business. This business had been... MORE

Anthony Hinds (born 1922), aka Tony Hinds, aka John Elder, is a British screenwriter and producer. He is the son of the founder of Hammer Film Productions, William Hinds. Tony Hinds was educated at St Paul's School. He joined his father's business briefly before he went off to become a pilot in the RAF during World War II. Hinds returned to Hammer in 1946 and initially produced a great many modest thrillers. One of these was The Dark Road (1947), one of the quota quickies, which featured a jewellery shop called 'Hinds', a reference to his father's original business. This business had been divided in the 1920s between William and his brother Frank Hinds. Frank's part is now the F. Hinds national jewellery chain. In the summer of 1953, like so many other British television viewers, Hinds had been enthralled by the BBC's The Quatermass Experiment, a six part science fiction thriller written by Nigel Kneale. Hinds was so impressed by what he saw that he suggested that Hammer should buy the big screen rights. They approached the BBC and snapped up the rights. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) was a runaway success and was the first of the three Quatermass cinema films based on the LESS