The Quatermass Xperiment
You Can't Escape It!
Science Fiction
Horror
Mystery
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1955-08-26
Runtime:
1h 22m
Director:
Val Guest
Writer:
Val Guest, Richard H. Landau
Top 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)
John Wynn
Detective Sergeant Best (uncredited)
Official Videos
The Quatermass Xperiment / Original Theatrical Trailer (1955)
Introduction to The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) with Marcus Hearn
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