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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

"You Can't Escape It!"

6.5/10 1h 22m Aug 26, 1955
Science Fiction Horror Mystery

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Quatermass Xperiment
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Popularity: 0.8
Richard Wordsworth
Richard Wordsworth
Victor Carroon
Popularity: 0.1
David King-Wood
David King-Wood
Dr. Gordon Briscoe
Popularity: 0.3
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
Inspector Lomax
Popularity: 5.8
Margia Dean
Margia Dean
Judith Carroon
Popularity: 0.2
Harold Lang
Harold Lang
Christie
Popularity: 3.3
Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
Blake
Popularity: 0.5
Thora Hird
Thora Hird
Rosie Wrigley
Popularity: 0.3
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson
BBC TV producer
Popularity: 0.8
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Popularity: 0.7
Maurice Kaufmann
Maurice Kaufmann
Marsh (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.5
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John Wynn
Detective Sergeant Best (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Val Guest
Screenplay Richard H. Landau, Val Guest
Producer Anthony Hinds
Editor James Needs

Production

Hammer Film Productions
GB
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Videos & Trailers

She Promised Him a New Life... Then Saw His HAND
She Promised Him a New Life... Then Saw His HAND
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Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britain’s First Sci-Fi Horror
Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britain’s First Sci-Fi Horror
Featurette
FIRST LOOK: Last Cast Member on The Quatermass Xperiment | 4K Collector’s Edition Exclusive Clip
FIRST LOOK: Last Cast Member on The Quatermass Xperiment | 4K Collector’s Edition Exclusive Clip
Featurette
4K Restoration | Official Trailer
4K Restoration | Official Trailer
Trailer
4K First Look
4K First Look
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The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
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Keywords

london, england transformation alien life-form rocket rocket crash escaped patient man hunt hospital metamorphosis alien monster space exploration slimy monster alien organism westminster abbey cactus death of astronaut rocket scientist

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10
Apr 24, 2020

In my simple Bible way I did a lot of praying. When an experimental rocket ship crashes back down to Earth, Bernard Quatermass is baffled as to why three astronauts went up, but only one has returned. The returning astronaut is Victor Carroon and he's in a bad way. Unable to speak and going thro ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10
Nov 14, 2022

American scientist Brain Donlevy sends a rocket with three men into space; it comes back with only one and he is very, very sick. What happened to the other two - the ship was hermetically sealed? Well this decent British sci-fi/horror film follows the investigation as together with police officer J ... Read more

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Details
Release Date August 26, 1955
Runtime 1h 22m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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