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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

You Can't Escape It!

Genre : Horror, Science Fiction

Runtime : 1H 22M

Director : Val Guest
Writer : Val Guest, Richard H. Landau

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth
Victor Carroon
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
Insp. Lomax
David King-Wood
David King-Wood
Dr. Gordon Briscoe
Margia Dean
Margia Dean
Judith Carroon
Maurice Kaufmann
Maurice Kaufmann
Marsh (uncredited)
John Wynn
John Wynn
Det. Sgt. Best (uncredited)
Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
Blake
Harold Lang
Harold Lang
Christie
Jane Asher
Jane Asher
Little Girl (uncredited)
Toke Townley
Toke Townley
The Chemist (uncredited)
Thora Hird
Thora Hird
Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
BBC TV producer
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson
Maggie (uncredited)
Eric Corrie
Eric Corrie
Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Henry B. Longhurst
Henry B. Longhurst
George - Maggie's Father (uncredited)
Ernest Hare
Ernest Hare
Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)
Michael Godfrey
Michael Godfrey
Crash Site Fireman (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Marianne Stone
Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
John Kerr
John Kerr
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Bartlett Mullins
Bartlett Mullins
Zookeeper (uncredited)
Mayne Lynton
Mayne Lynton
Zoo Superintendent (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Barry Lowe
Nurse Tucker (uncredited)
Jane Aird
Jane Aird
Mrs. Lomax (uncredited)
Molly Glessing
Molly Glessing
Mother at Zoo (uncredited)
Arthur Gross
Arthur Gross
TV Show Floor Director (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Basil Dignam
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
Donald Gray
Donald Gray
TV Program Announcer (uncredited)
Gron Davies
Gron Davies
Charles Greene (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
Stanley Van Beers
Dr. Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Arthur Lovegrove
Sgt. Bromley
James Drake
James Drake
Sound Engineer (uncredited)

Crews

Val Guest
Val Guest
Director
Val Guest
Val Guest
Screenplay
Richard H. Landau
Richard H. Landau
Screenplay
Anthony Hinds
Anthony Hinds
Producer
James Bernard
James Bernard
Original Music Composer
Walter J. Harvey
Walter J. Harvey
Director of Photography
James Needs
James Needs
Editor
J. Elder Wills
J. Elder Wills
Art Direction
Philip Leakey
Philip Leakey
Makeup Artist
Nigel Kneale
Nigel Kneale
Teleplay
Les Bowie
Les Bowie
Special Effects
T. S. Lydon-Haynes
T. S. Lydon-Haynes
Production Manager
John Hollingsworth
John Hollingsworth
Music Director
H. C. Pearson
H. C. Pearson
Sound Recordist
Bill Shore
Bill Shore
Assistant Director
Molly Arbuthnot
Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Supervisor
Monica Hustler
Monica Hustler
Hairstylist

Trailers and other movies

Introduction to The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) with Marcus Hearn
Ernest Dickerson on THE CREEPING UNKNOWN
The Quatermass Xperiment / Original Theatrical Trailer (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]

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