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Fiend Without a Face
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Director:
Writers:
Herbert J. Leder (screenplay)
Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)
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Release Date:
December 1958 (UK) more
Genre:
Tagline:
New Horrors! Mad Science Spawns Evil Fiends! ...Taking form before your horrified eyes!
Plot:
A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant succeeds in creating a new form of life... more | add synopsis
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AMC Fearfest '09
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Nice B-picture with brainsucking monsters. more (47 total)

Cast

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Marshall Thompson ... Major Cummings
Terry Kilburn ... Capt. Chester (as Terence Kilburn)
Michael Balfour ... Serg. Kasper
Gil Winfield ... Dr. Warren
Shane Cordell ... Nurse
Stanley Maxted ... Col. Butler
James Dyrenforth ... Mayor
Kim Parker ... Barbara Griselle
E. Kerrigan Prescott ... Atomic Engineer (as Kerrigan Prescott)
Kynaston Reeves ... Prof. Walgate
Peter Madden ... Dr. Bradley
Meadows White ... Ben Adams (as R. Meadows White)
Lala Lloyd ... Amelia Adams

Robert MacKenzie ... Const. Gibbons
Launce Maraschal ... Melville
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Runtime:
USA:74 min | UK:75 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | West Germany:18 | USA:Approved | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Sweden:(Banned) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG (re-rating)
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"Fiend Without a Face" created a public uproar after its premiere at the Ritz Theater in Leicester Square. The British Board of Film Censors has already demanded a number of cuts before granting it the "X" certificate. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Even though it is made clear that the military characters are US Air Force, when the Sergeant (Michael Balfour, a British actor, as were most of the others in the film) reports to Major Jeff Cummings (Marshall Thompson) early in the film, he incorrectly gives the Major a "British" salute, with the palm facing outward. Thompson returns the salute correctly, with the palm facing inward. more
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Prof. R. E. Walgate: What have I unleashed? more
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Nice B-picture with brainsucking monsters., 12 January 2002
5/10
Author: Pedro-37 from Switzerland

Those monsters in the shape of breathing brains are quite nice. The film however, is merely OK. Just another of those low budget sci-fi/horror-movies of the 1950's with mediocre FX and a barely plausible story. Nevertheless, I found it quite entertaining and because it's a rather short film, I never felt bored.

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