147 Blood of the Vampire ( 1958 )

This  is  often  taken  to  be  a  Hammer  film  due  to  the  personnel  involved  but  it  was  actually  made  by  Artistes  Alliance  looking  to  cash  in  on  the  success  of  Dracula.  Some  of  the  backdrops  reflect  its  hasty   conception  but  otherwise  it's  a  pretty  good  Gothic  horror  tale  which  ups  the  ante  on  screen  gore.

Vincent  Ball  is  Dr  Pierre,  an  innocent  blood  surgeon  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment  ( by  Dads' Army's  John  le  Mesurier ) on  a  trumped-up  charge.  He  is  sent  to  an  asylum  for  the  criminally  insane  run  by  sinister  Dr  Callistratos  ( Donald  Wolfit, made  up  to  look  like  Bela  Lugosi )  who , it  transpires,  manufactured  the  charges  to  get  Pierre's  assistance  in  his  own  experiments .Callistratos  needs  blood  for  his  own  purposes  and  will  stop  at  nothing  to  get  it.

Barbara  Shelley  ( as  Madeleine  Duvall )

Sex : Madeleine  is  nearly  raped  by  Callistratos' s corrupt  accomplice

Death : Survives

Barbara  has  the  female  lead  as  Pierre's  resourceful  fiance  who  puts  herself  in  mortal  danger  to  try  and  rescue  him.

Barbara  Burke   ( as  Housekeeper )

Sex : No

Death :  Drained  of  blood  by  Callistratos  ( offscreen )

Barbara  was  an  obscure  British  bit  part  actress. Her  role  here  is  a  mere  plot  device  to  place  Madeleine  inside  the  asylum.

Muriel  Ali  ( as  Gypsy  Dancer )

Sex : Plenty  of  cleavage,  though  in  fleeting  glimpses

Death :  Survives

This is  Muriel's  only  credit. I  have  no  other  details.

Pat  Phoenix ( as  Barmaid )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Blink  and  you'll  miss  her  but  the  Corrie  legend  is  in  this, in  an  uncredited  role, two  years  before  the  part  of  Elsie  Tanner  came  along.