Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: August 26, 1955
Runtime: 82 minutes
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (200 votes)
Quatermass (Hammer series)
The Quatermass Xperiment
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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Cast
Brian Donlevy
Bernard Quatermass
Richard Wordsworth
Victor Carroon
David King-Wood
Gordon Briscoe
Jack Warner
Inspector Lomax
Margia Dean
Judith Carroon
Harold Lang
Christie
Lionel Jeffries
Blake
Thora Hird
Rosie Wrigley
Gordon Jackson
BBC TV producer
Sam Kydd
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Maurice Kaufmann
Marsh (uncredited)
Jane Asher
Little Girl (uncredited)
Toke Townley
The Chemist (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
John Kerr
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
Donald Gray
TV Program Announcer (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)
James Drake
Sound Engineer (uncredited)