The Quatermass Xperiment
You Can't Escape It!
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field.The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
- Director
- Val Guest
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
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24 billed performers
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The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
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- Release date
- Sep 26, 1955
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
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