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Cast
Brian Donlevy | As: Bernard Quatermass | |
Jack Warner | As: Inspector Lomax | |
Richard Wordsworth | As: Victor Carroon | |
Margia Dean | As: Judith Carroon | |
Thora Hird | As: Rosie Wrigley |
Storyline
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and 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.
Tagline: | You Can't Escape It! |
Certification: | PG |
Details
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: 26 August 1955
Country: GB
Runtime: 82m
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Company Credits
Company: Hammer Film Productions, Exclusive Films
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Cast
Brian Donlevy |
Bernard Quatermass |
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Jack Warner |
Inspector Lomax |
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Richard Wordsworth |
Victor Carroon |
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Margia Dean |
Judith Carroon |
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Thora Hird |
Rosie Wrigley |
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Gordon Jackson |
BBC TV producer |
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David King-Wood |
Gordon Briscoe |
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Harold Lang |
Christie |
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Lionel Jeffries |
Blake |
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Sam Kydd |
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie |
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Maurice Kaufmann |
Marsh (uncredited) |
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John Wynn |
Detective Sergeant Best (uncredited) |
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Jane Asher |
Little Girl (uncredited) |
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Toke Townley |
The Chemist (uncredited) |
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Margaret Anderson |
Maggie (uncredited) |
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Eric Corrie |
Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited) |
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Henry B. Longhurst |
George (uncredited) |
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Ernest Hare |
Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited) |
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Michael Godfrey |
Crash Site Fireman (uncredited) |
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Marianne Stone |
Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited) |
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John Kerr |
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited) |
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Bartlett Mullins |
Zookeeper (uncredited) |
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Mayne Lynton |
Zoo Superintendent (uncredited) |
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Barry Lowe |
Nurse Tucker (uncredited) |
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Jane Aird |
Mrs. Lomax (uncredited) |
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Molly Glessing |
Mother at Zoo (uncredited) |
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Arthur Gross |
TV Show Floor Director (uncredited) |
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Basil Dignam |
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited) |
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Donald Gray |
TV Program Announcer (uncredited) |
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Gron Davies |
Charles Greene (uncredited) |
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Stanley Van Beers |
Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lovegrove |
Sergeant Bromley (uncredited) |
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James Drake |
Sound Engineer (uncredited) |
Directed By
Val Guest |
Director |
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Bill Shore |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Val Guest |
Screenplay |
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Richard H. Landau |
Screenplay |
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Nigel Kneale |
Teleplay |
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Production Crew
Anthony Hinds |
Producer |
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T.S. Lyndon-Haynes |
Production Manager |
Edited By
James Needs |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Philip Leakey |
Makeup Artist |
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Monica Hustler |
Hairstylist |
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Molly Arbuthnot |
Wardrobe Supervisor |
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Sound
James Bernard |
Original Music Composer |
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John Hollingsworth |
Music Director |
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H. C. Pearson |
Sound Recordist |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Walter J. Harvey |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
J. Elder Wills |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
Les Bowie |
Special Effects |
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