Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.
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Cast
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| Brian Donlevy | ... | Quatermass | |
| John Longden | ... | Lomax (as John Longdon) | |
| Sidney James | ... | Jimmy Hall (as Sydney James) | |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Marsh | |
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William Franklyn | ... | Brand |
| Vera Day | ... | Sheila | |
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Charles Lloyd Pack | ... | Dawson |
| Tom Chatto | ... | Broadhead | |
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John Van Eyssen | ... | The P.R.O. |
| Percy Herbert | ... | Gorman | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Ernie | |
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John Rae | ... | McLeod |
| Marianne Stone | ... | Secretary | |
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Ronald Wilson | ... | Young Man |
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Jane Aird | ... | Mrs. McLeod |
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Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for Moon colonisation his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar - meteorites crashing down?. Following them to the place where they should be landing he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth... Second in Hammer Films' trio of screen versions for Nigel Kneale's classic 1950s BBC serials, with the same director and star as 1955's "The Quatermass Experiment". Written by Jorge Mourinha <rjmourinha@mail.telepac.pt>
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September 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Enemy from Space See more »Filming Locations:
New Elstree Studios, Elstree Road, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »Edit
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Quatermass: What is it?
Marsh: That's funny, I thought I felt a sort of...
Quatermass: Put it down!
Marsh: -a sort of vibration.
Quatermass: Marsh, your face! There was something on your face! Are you alright? Let me take a look. You know, for a moment, I could have sworn I saw something that looked like a big black bubble.
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Nigel Kneale wasn't happy when the "Hammer" version of his BBC teleplay, had removed a good portion of his original story treatment. See more »Goofs
After the opening paragraph of the newspaper report detailing Vincent Broadhead's purported emergency Middle East trade mission, the remainder of the piece details postal voting in badly-formed columns; similarly the accompanying texts about King Leopold and Big Ben bear no relation to their headlines. See more »Quotes
Marsh: Hey look at this Sir! Look at this! I think this- I think this is a- a whole one! Yes it is! It's exactly the same odd shape as the other. It isn't even cracked. It's...Quatermass: What is it?
Marsh: That's funny, I thought I felt a sort of...
Quatermass: Put it down!
Marsh: -a sort of vibration.
Quatermass: Marsh, your face! There was something on your face! Are you alright? Let me take a look. You know, for a moment, I could have sworn I saw something that looked like a big black bubble.
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As was commonplace in the 1950s, Hammer filmed a racier "Continental" version, which included revealing shots of Vera Day. Nigel Kneale objected that it was entirely out of place, not to mention far too colorful, to have a topless waitress in a village pub. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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A superb script by unsung genius Nigel Kneale; very good direction by Val Guest; atmospheric photography; eerie music; several very good acting performances. The only drawbacks are that Brian Donlevy is awful as Quatermass and the special effects at times look a bit laughable.
Most intriguing of all is just how similar "The X_Files" is to this. There are various sites on the internet claiming that the creators of "Files" plagiarised this (and other Nigel Kneale films/TV series).
You can certainly see many remarkable coincidences.
Overall, a highly enjoyable, thought-provoking and influential film.