The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

82 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Aug. 26, 1955

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.

The Quatermass Xperiment

82 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Aug. 26, 1955

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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers United Artists, Hammer Film Productions, Exclusive Films
Original title The Quatermass Xperiment
Directors Bill Shore, Val Guest
Writers Nigel Kneale, Val Guest, Richard H. Landau

Cast

Brian Donlevy

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Richard Wordsworth

as Victor Carroon

Jack Warner

as Insp. Lomax

David King-Wood

as Dr. Gordon Briscoe

Margia Dean

as Judith Carroon

Maurice Kaufmann

as Marsh (uncredited)

John Wynn

as Det. Sgt. Best (uncredited)

Lionel Jeffries

as Blake

Harold Lang

as Christie

Jane Asher

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Toke Townley

as The Chemist (uncredited)

Thora Hird

as Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley

Sam Kydd

as Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Gordon Jackson

as BBC TV producer

Margaret Anderson

as Maggie (uncredited)

Eric Corrie

as Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Henry B. Longhurst

as George - Maggie's Father (uncredited)

Ernest Hare

as Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)

Michael Godfrey

as Crash Site Fireman (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

as Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

John Kerr

as Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)

Bartlett Mullins

as Zookeeper (uncredited)

Mayne Lynton

as Zoo Superintendent (uncredited)

Barry Lowe

as Nurse Tucker (uncredited)

Jane Aird

as Mrs. Lomax (uncredited)

Molly Glessing

as Mother at Zoo (uncredited)

Arthur Gross

as TV Show Floor Director (uncredited)

Basil Dignam

as Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)

Donald Gray

as TV Program Announcer (uncredited)

Gron Davies

as Charles Greene (uncredited)

Stanley Van Beers

as Dr. Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)

Arthur Lovegrove

as Sgt. Bromley

James Drake

as Sound Engineer (uncredited)