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Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Jane Aird
- Mrs. Lomax
- (uncredited)
Margaret Anderson
- Maggie
- (uncredited)
Jane Asher
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Harry Brunning
- Night Porter
- (uncredited)
Ken Buckle
- Police Driver
- (uncredited)
Eric Corrie
- Maggie's Boyfriend
- (uncredited)
Edward Dane
- Station Policeman
- (uncredited)
Gron Davies
- Charles Green
- (uncredited)
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- GoofsVolkswagen Bus en route to the crash site is not the same Volkswagen Bus that arrives through the gate at the crash site. VW badge is larger, chrome trim is missing and license plate is different.
- Quotes
Prof. Bernard Quatermass: There's no room for personal feelings in science, Judith!
- Alternate versionsThe original 1955 "Quatermass Xperiment" print has the closing caption "The End"; the reissued version (with a still bearing the new title "The Quatermass Experiment" inserted into the opening credits) replaces this with "A Hammer Production Produced at Bray Studios".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frances Farmer Presents: The Creeping Unknown (1959)
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Dashingly good sci-fi film with a strong stench of horror
Well written and terminally fascinating British sci-fi thriller from director Val Guest and writer Nigel Neale. It is a film of big ideas and planet-sized concepts that stares up into the unknown with a combination of wonderment and dread.
Originally a highly popular TV series, it spawned two excellent sequels and decades of creative Hollywood pilfering.
Brian Donlevy is wonderful as Quatermass, a scientist with the bullying manner of a military drill Sargent and a fierce, pragmatic streak. After a rocket that he sent into space crashes back to Earth, Quatermass and unofficial partner-in-crime Inspector Lomax (Jack Warner) uncover a bizarre alien conspiracy in which a surviving astronauts's body has been "borrowed" by extraterrestrials keen on relocating.
Director Guest gives the drama a no-nonsense, almost documentary feel. The special effects are perfectly acceptable for the period and the brooding sense of mid-century paranoia is well conveyed.
The hero is the script, though. The dialogue is fresh and colourful and writers Guest and Neale always keep the scientific jargon interesting. All the characters are believable and the performances are top notch.
Despite the fact that James Bernard's solid score is a little overbearing at times, this is a dashingly good science fiction film with a strong stench of horror.
Originally a highly popular TV series, it spawned two excellent sequels and decades of creative Hollywood pilfering.
Brian Donlevy is wonderful as Quatermass, a scientist with the bullying manner of a military drill Sargent and a fierce, pragmatic streak. After a rocket that he sent into space crashes back to Earth, Quatermass and unofficial partner-in-crime Inspector Lomax (Jack Warner) uncover a bizarre alien conspiracy in which a surviving astronauts's body has been "borrowed" by extraterrestrials keen on relocating.
Director Guest gives the drama a no-nonsense, almost documentary feel. The special effects are perfectly acceptable for the period and the brooding sense of mid-century paranoia is well conveyed.
The hero is the script, though. The dialogue is fresh and colourful and writers Guest and Neale always keep the scientific jargon interesting. All the characters are believable and the performances are top notch.
Despite the fact that James Bernard's solid score is a little overbearing at times, this is a dashingly good science fiction film with a strong stench of horror.
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- Aug 28, 2005
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- The Creeping Unknown
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- East India Docks, London, Greater London, England, UK(derelict boat scene with little girl)
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- £45,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1(original/negative aspect ratio, alternative theatrical ratio)
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By what name was The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) officially released in India in English?
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