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The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

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The Quatermass Xperiment

"You Can't Escape It!"

1955

1h 22m

6.5(233 votes)

Science Fiction

Horror

Overview

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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Hammer Film Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Richard Wordsworth

Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

David King-Wood

David King-Wood

Dr. Gordon Briscoe

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Inspector Lomax

Margia Dean

Margia Dean

Judith Carroon

Maurice Kaufmann

Maurice Kaufmann

Marsh

John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Christie

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Blake

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Rosie Wrigley

Creative team

Directed by: Val Guest
Written by: Val Guest
Richard H. Landau
Produced by: Anthony Hinds

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