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Fiend Without a Face
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6.1/10   956 votes
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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
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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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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Marshall Thompson ... Major Cummings
Kynaston Reeves ... Prof. Walgate
Kim Parker ... Barbara Griselle
Stanley Maxted ... Col. Butler
Terry Kilburn ... Capt. Chester (as Terence Kilburn)
James Dyrenforth ... Mayor

Robert MacKenzie ... Const. Gibbons
Peter Madden ... Dr. Bradley
Gil Winfield ... Dr. Warren
Michael Balfour ... Serg. Kasper
Launce Maraschal ... Melville
Meadows White ... Ben Adams (as R. Meadows White)
E. Kerrigan Prescott ... Atomic Engineer (as Kerrigan Prescott)
Lala Lloyd ... Amelia Adams
Shane Cordell ... Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheldon Allan ... Sentry (uncredited)
Alexander Archdale ... Minister (uncredited)
Tom Watson ... Technical sergeant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Arthur Crabtree 
 
Writing credits
Herbert J. Leder (screenplay)

Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)

Produced by
John Croydon .... producer
Richard Gordon .... executive producer (uncredited)
Ronald Kinnoch .... co-producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Buxton Orr 
 
Cinematography by
Lionel Banes (lighting cameraman)
 
Film Editing by
R.Q. McNaughton 
 
Makeup Department
Barbara Barnard .... hairdressing
Jim Hydes .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Hickox .... assistant director
 
Art Department
John Elphick .... set designer
 
Sound Department
Peter Davies .... sound recordist
Terry Poulton .... dubbing editor
 
Special Effects by
Peter Neilson .... special effects
Karl-Ludwig Ruppel .... special effects (as Ruppel & Nordhoff)
Florenz Von Nordhoff .... special effects (as Ruppel & Nordhoff)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Curtis .... photographer: second unit
Leo Rogers .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Duse .... dress supervisor
 
Music Department
Frederick Lewis .... conductor (as Frederic Lewis)
 
Other crew
Hazel Swift .... continuity
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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
Goofs:
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
Quotes:
Prof. R. E. Walgate: What have I unleashed? more
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
brain sucking monsters, 13 September 2005
Author: Stanley Strangelove from Portland, Oregon US

Fiend Without A Face is based on a 1930s pulp magazine story called "The Thought Monster". Marshall Thompson is a Major on an air force base in Canada. The military is developing long range radar that uses nuclear power. The local farmers are upset because the jets are noisy and frightening the cows causing them to under-produce milk. But much worse, some of the locals are found dead with their brains sucked out of two small holes in the back of their necks. Eeek!

Thompson investigates Professor Walgate who seems to have something to do with it all.

Fiend is a standard grade-B sci-fi flick from the 50s. I happen to be a sucker for 1950s grade B movies. I actually love them even though they are not very good usually. If you are like me you'll like Fiend. The acting and dialog varies from average to embarrassing and most of the film is pretty boring, but it's short.

The monsters are invisible until the ending but they are interesting movie creations and in their own stop-animation way, quite creepy.

If you've seen It The Terror From Beyond Space with Thompson you have an idea of the quality of Fiend.

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