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Children of the Damned

  • 19641964
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  • 1h 29m
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6.2/10
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Clive Powell in Children of the Damned (1964)
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Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the ... Read allSix impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
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    • Anton Leader
    • John Briley(original screenplay)
    • John Wyndham(novel "The Midwich Cuckoos")
  • Stars
    • Ian Hendry
    • Alan Badel
    • Barbara Ferris
    • Anton Leader
    • John Briley(original screenplay)
    • John Wyndham(novel "The Midwich Cuckoos")
  • Stars
    • Ian Hendry
    • Alan Badel
    • Barbara Ferris
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 59User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
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    Gerald Delsol, Yoke-Moon Lee, Mahdu Mathen, Clive Powell, Roberta Rex, and Frank Summerscale in Children of the Damned (1964)
    Yoke-Moon Lee, Clive Powell, and Roberta Rex in Children of the Damned (1964)
    Children of the Damned (1964)
    Gerald Delsol, Yoke-Moon Lee, Mahdu Mathen, Clive Powell, Roberta Rex, and Frank Summerscale in Children of the Damned (1964)
    Children of the Damned (1964)
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    Gerald Delsol, Yoke-Moon Lee, Mahdu Mathen, Clive Powell, and Roberta Rex in Children of the Damned (1964)
    Children of the Damned (1964)
    Yoke-Moon Lee, Mahdu Mathen, and Frank Summerscale in Children of the Damned (1964)
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    Children of the Damned (1964)
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    Ian Hendry
    Ian Hendry
    • Dr. Tom Llewellyn
    Alan Badel
    Alan Badel
    • Dr. David Neville
    Barbara Ferris
    Barbara Ferris
    • Susan Eliot
    Alfred Burke
    • Colin Webster
    Sheila Allen
    • Diana Looran
    Ralph Michael
    • Defense Minister
    Patrick Wymark
    Patrick Wymark
    • Commander
    Martin Miller
    Martin Miller
    • Prof. Gruber
    Harold Goldblatt
    • Harib
    Patrick White
    • Mr. Davidson
    André Mikhelson
    • Russian official
    • (as Andre Mikhelson)
    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother
    Clive Powell
    Clive Powell
    • Paul
    Yoke-Moon Lee
    • Mi Ling
    • (as Lee Yoke-Moon)
    Roberta Rex
    Roberta Rex
    • Nina
    Gerald Delsol
    • Aga Nagolo
    Mahdu Mathen
    • Rashid
    Frank Summerscale
    • Mark
      • Anton Leader
      • John Briley(original screenplay)
      • John Wyndham(novel "The Midwich Cuckoos")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Paul does not speak until almost an hour into the movie.
    • Goofs
      The geneticist character David Neville says that parthenogenesis (development of an egg without fertilization by sperm) is only in algae and plants, which would just be a character error if that is all that was known at the time, but even in the time period of the movie, parthenogenesis had already been documented in animals.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Tom Llewellyn: At this very moment, they could be making all those men out there turn their guns on one another!

    • Crazy credits
      In the opening credits: "A sequel to John Wyndham's "The Midwich Cuckoos." This is the novel the previous film was based on and not the film's title.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nightmare Festival (1989)

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    an underrated and misunderstood classic
    Children of the Damned has generally been considered grossly inferior to Village of the Damned. I beg to differ as the point of both movies is quite different. In Village of the Damned the children were the result of alien insemination (presumably) and were simply evil. In Children of the Damned they are the result of a jump in evolution and they, themselves, are unsure of who they are and why they are here. The mystery is cleared up however when Paul makes a very eloquent speech near the end of the movie where he states that they have realized that they are here to help mankind. This speech no longer exists on the video version. It apparently was edited out at some point. However without it the ending makes no sense. The dropped screwdriver is played as a tragedy in the movie which contradicts the impression that the children are evil. In fact what the movie is about is a religious theme about how mankind kills its saviors.
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    • kxj01-1
    • Nov 7, 2001

    FAQ5

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    • Is "Children of the Damned" based on a book?
    • Are these the same children from 'Village of the Damned'?

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1964 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • Bermondsey, London, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Black and White

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