The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Jack Warner
Inspector Lomax
Richard Wordsworth
Victor Carroon
Margia Dean
Mrs. Judith Carroon
Thora Hird
Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley
Gordon Jackson
BBC TV producer
David King-Wood
Dr. Gordon Briscoe
Harold Lang
Christie
Lionel Jeffries
Blake
Sam Kydd
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Maurice Kaufmann
Marsh (uncredited)
Val Guest
Director
John Wynn
Detective Sergeant Best (uncredited)
Jane Asher
Little Girl (uncredited)
Richard H. Landau
Writer
Toke Townley
The Chemist (uncredited)
Nigel Kneale
Writer
Margaret Anderson
Maggie (uncredited)
Eric Corrie
Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Anthony Hinds
Producer
James Bernard
Composer
Henry B. Longhurst
George (uncredited)
Walter J. Harvey
Cinematographer
Ernest Hare
Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)
Michael Godfrey
Crash Site Fireman (uncredited)
James Needs
Editor
Marianne Stone
Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
John Kerr
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Bartlett Mullins
Zookeeper (uncredited)
Mayne Lynton
Zoo Superintendent (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Nurse Tucker (uncredited)
Jane Aird
Mrs. Lomax (uncredited)
Molly Glessing
Mother at Zoo (uncredited)
Arthur Gross
TV Show Floor Director (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
Donald Gray
TV Program Announcer (uncredited)
Gron Davies
Charles Greene (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Sergeant Bromley (uncredited)
James Drake
Sound Engineer (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateAugust 26, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
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Wiki.
The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the United States) is a 1955 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment written by Nigel Kneale. The film was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy as the titular Professor Bernard Quatermass and Richard Wordsworth as the tormented Carroon. Jack Warner, David King-Wood, and Margia Dean appear in co-starring roles.
The film concerns three astronauts who have been launched into space aboard a single-stage-to-orbit rocket designed by Professor Quatermass. It crashlands with only one of its original crew, Victor Carroon (Richard Wordsworth), still aboard. He begins mutating into an alien organism, which, if it spawns, will engulf the Earth and destroy humanity. After Carroon escapes from custody Quatermass and Inspector Lomax (Jack Warner) of Scotland Yard have just hours to track him/it down and prevent a catastrophe.
Like its source TV serial, the film was a major success in the UK. It also brought public attention to Hammer Film Productions around the world. The film was released in the United States in a double feature with The Black Sleep.