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The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

You Can't Escape It!

19556.51h 22m

Overview

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.

Directed by Val Guest
Written by Val Guest, Richard H. Landau, Nigel Kneale
Produced by Anthony Hinds
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Top Cast

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

J

John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Christie

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Blake

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Rosie Wrigley

Themes & Keywords

london, englandtransformationalien life-formrocketrocket crashescaped patientman hunthospitalblack and whitemetamorphosisalien monsterspace explorationslimy monsteralien organismwestminster abbeycactusseriousdeath of astronautrocket scientistbold

About The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment is a science fiction, horror film released in 1955 exploring themes of london, england, transformation, alien life-form, rocket, rocket crash, escaped patient. Directed by Val Guest, it stars Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, David King-Wood. 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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