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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Jimmy Sangster (story)
Jimmy Sangster (screenplay)
Release Date:
May 1957 (USA) more
Tagline:
NOTHING CAN STOP IT! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Radioactive mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village during the 1950's. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great scary fun! more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dean Jagger | ... | Dr. Adam Royston |
| Edward Chapman | ... | John Elliott |
| Leo McKern | ... | Insp. McGill |
| Anthony Newley | ... | LCpl. 'Spider' Webb |
| Jameson Clark | ... | Jack Harding |
| William Lucas | ... | Peter Elliott |
| Peter Hammond | ... | Lt. Bannerman |
| Marianne Brauns | ... | Zena, the Nurse |
| Ian MacNaughton | ... | Haggis |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke |
| John Harvey | ... | Maj. Cartwright |
| Edwin Richfield | ... | Soldier Burned on Back |
| Jane Aird | ... | Vi Harding |
| Norman Macowan | ... | Old Tom |
| Neil Hallett | ... | Unwin |
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81 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Filming Locations:
Beaconsfield Gravel Pits, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK more
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The movie began under the direction of Joseph Losey (working as Joseph Walton), exiled to England because of the Hollywood blacklist. However, when Dean Jagger arrived, he refused to work with a director he thought of as a Communist sympathizer, and Losey was replaced by Leslie Norman before shooting began. Losey's departure was publicly attributed to "illness". more
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Continuity: Lansing watches the stick sinking in a pool of liquid, but in a later long shot the stick in seen firmly standing in dry ground. more
Quotes:
Dr. Adam Royston:
Now, Mac, how would you go about killing that?
Inspector McGill:
What is it?
Dr. Adam Royston:
It's a particle of mud. But by virtue of its atomic structure it emits radiation. That's all it is. Just mud. How do you kill mud?
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Featured in Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) more
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A really neat Sci-Fi/Horror item about a superheated blob creature that haunts the Scottish moors. Believably acted by a cast of veterans, and loaded with terrific suspense. Hammer Films once again demonstrates what can be done with a small budget and lots of imagination. Watch for this one!