The Quatermass Xperiment

1955 PG-13 1h 22m

6.5 /10

223

Genre

Science Fiction Horror

Plot

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.

Director

Val Guest

Writers

Val Guest Richard H. Landau Nigel Kneale

Stars

Brian Donlevy Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood

Cast & Crew

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Detective Sergeant Best

Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Jane Asher

Little Girl (uncredited)

Toke Townley

The Chemist (uncredited)

Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)

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Henry B. Longhurst

George, Maggie's father (uncredited)

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Ernest Hare

Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)

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Michael Godfrey

Crash Site Fireman (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

John Kerr

Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)

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Bartlett Mullins

Zookeeper (uncredited)

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Mayne Lynton

Zoo Superintendent (uncredited)

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Barry Lowe

Nurse Tucker (uncredited)

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Jane Aird

Mrs. Lomax (uncredited)

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Molly Glessing

Mother at Zoo (uncredited)

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Arthur Gross

TV Show Floor Director (uncredited)

Basil Dignam

Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)

Donald Gray

TV Program Announcer (uncredited)

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Gron Davies

Charles Greene (uncredited)

Stanley Van Beers

Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)

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Arthur Lovegrove

Sergeant Bromley (uncredited)

James Drake

Sound Engineer (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

14 Nov 2022

American scientist Brain Donlevy sends a rocket with three men into space; it comes back with only one and he is very, very sick. What happened to the...