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Feature film — 1955

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

6.51h 22mScience Fiction — Horror

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

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A high-signal pick with 242 votes.

Hammer Film Productions

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Director: Val Guest

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Cast & crew

Brian Donlevy as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Richard Wordsworth as Victor Carroon

Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

David King-Wood as Dr. Gordon Briscoe

David King-Wood

Dr. Gordon Briscoe

Jack Warner as Inspector Lomax

Jack Warner

Inspector Lomax

Margia Dean as Judith Carroon

Margia Dean

Judith Carroon

Maurice Kaufmann as Marsh

Maurice Kaufmann

Marsh

J

John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best

Harold Lang as Christie

Harold Lang

Christie

Lionel Jeffries as Blake

Lionel Jeffries

Blake

Thora Hird as Rosie Wrigley

Thora Hird

Rosie Wrigley

Sam Kydd as Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Sam Kydd

Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Jane Asher as Little Girl (uncredited)

Jane Asher

Little Girl (uncredited)

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