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The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

You Can't Escape It!

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Science FictionHorrorMystery

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

82 mins

Rating

6.523/10

Release Date

26 August 1955

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Bernard Quatermass

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Inspector Lomax

Richard Wordsworth

Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

Margia Dean

Margia Dean

Judith Carroon

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Rosie Wrigley

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

BBC TV producer

David King-Wood

David King-Wood

Gordon Briscoe

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Christie

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Blake

Sam Kydd

Sam Kydd

Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Maurice Kaufmann

Maurice Kaufmann

Marsh (uncredited)

John Wynn

John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best (uncredited)

Jane Asher

Jane Asher

Little Girl (uncredited)

Toke Townley

Toke Townley

The Chemist (uncredited)

Margaret Anderson

Margaret Anderson

Maggie (uncredited)

Eric Corrie

Eric Corrie

Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Henry B. Longhurst

Henry B. Longhurst

George (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

Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)

Arthur Lovegrove

Arthur Lovegrove

Sergeant Bromley (uncredited)

James Drake

James Drake

Sound Engineer (uncredited)

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