“A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!”
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
John Longden
Chief Inspector Lomax
William Franklyn
Dr. Tom Brand
Bryan Forbes
Marsh
Charles Lloyd Pack
Work Camp Manager Dawson
Tom Chatto
Vincent Broadhead, M.P.
John Van Eyssen
The Plant Tour Guide
Sidney James
Jimmy Hall
Percy Herbert
Paddy Gorman
Michael Ripper
Ernie the Bartender
Quatermass 2 is a science fiction, horror film released in 1957 exploring themes of mind control, monster, scotland yard, meteor, alien life-form, rocket. Directed by Val Guest, it stars Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn. In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
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