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Film / 1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
Directed by
Val Guest
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.
The story
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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Quatermass (Hammer) Collection
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Cast
Brian DonlevyProf. Bernard Quatermass
Richard WordsworthVictor Carroon
David King-WoodDr. Gordon Briscoe
Jack WarnerInspector Lomax
Margia DeanJudith Carroon
Maurice KaufmannMarsh
John WynnDetective Sergeant Best
Harold LangChristie
Lionel JeffriesBlake
Thora HirdRosie Wrigley
Sam KyddPolice Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Jane AsherLittle Girl (uncredited)
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Toke TownleyThe Chemist (uncredited)
Gordon JacksonBBC TV producer
Margaret AndersonMaggie (uncredited)
Eric CorrieMaggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Henry B. LonghurstGeorge, Maggie's father (uncredited)
Ernest HareCrash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)
Michael GodfreyCrash Site Fireman (uncredited)
Marianne StoneCentral Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
John KerrPhoto Lab Technician (uncredited)
Bartlett MullinsZookeeper (uncredited)
Mayne LyntonZoo Superintendent (uncredited)
Barry LoweNurse Tucker (uncredited)
Jane AirdMrs. Lomax (uncredited)
Molly GlessingMother at Zoo (uncredited)
Arthur GrossTV Show Floor Director (uncredited)
Basil DignamSir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
Donald GrayTV Program Announcer (uncredited)
Gron DaviesCharles Greene (uncredited)
Stanley Van BeersLudwig Reichenheim (uncredited)
Arthur LovegroveSergeant Bromley (uncredited)
James DrakeSound Engineer (uncredited)
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