The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
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1955
1h 22m
6.5(213 votes)
Science Fiction
Horror

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.

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Hammer Film Productions

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Cast & Crew

33 members
Acting

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Brian Donlevy
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Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

Richard Wordsworth
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David King-Wood

Dr. Gordon Briscoe

David King-Wood
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Jack Warner

Inspector Lomax

Jack Warner
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Margia Dean

Judith Carroon

Margia Dean
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Maurice Kaufmann

Marsh

Maurice Kaufmann
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John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best

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Harold Lang

Christie

Harold Lang
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Lionel Jeffries

Blake

Lionel Jeffries
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Thora Hird

Rosie Wrigley

Thora Hird
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Sam Kydd

Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie

Sam Kydd
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Gordon Jackson

BBC TV producer

Gordon Jackson
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Jane Asher

Little Girl (uncredited)

Jane Asher
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Toke Townley

The Chemist (uncredited)

Toke Townley
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Margaret Anderson

Maggie (uncredited)

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Eric Corrie

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)

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Marianne Stone

Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

Marianne Stone
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John Kerr

Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)

John Kerr
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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)

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Basil Dignam

Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)

Basil Dignam
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Donald Gray

TV Program Announcer (uncredited)

Donald Gray
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Gron Davies

Charles Greene (uncredited)

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Stanley Van Beers

Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)

Stanley Van Beers
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Arthur Lovegrove

Sergeant Bromley (uncredited)

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James Drake

Sound Engineer (uncredited)

James Drake

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