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Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

09/11/1967 (GB)Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery1h 37m
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World in panic! Cities in flames!

Overview

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Andrew Keir

      Andrew Keir

      Prof. Bernard Quatermass

    2. James Donald

      James Donald

      Dr. Mathew Roney

    3. Barbara Shelley

      Barbara Shelley

      Barbara Judd

    4. Julian Glover

      Julian Glover

      Colonel Breen

    5. Bryan Marshall

      Bryan Marshall

      Captain Potter

    6. Maurice Good

      Sergeant Cleghorn

    7. Duncan Lamont

      Duncan Lamont

      Sladden

    8. Peter Copley

      Peter Copley

      Howell

    9. Edwin Richfield

      Edwin Richfield

      Minister

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    A review by John Chard

    9.0
    Written by John Chard on Sep 25, 2014

    Creepy, interesting, above all else...intelligent. Whilst excavating at the site of a new underground tube station, workers unearth a mysterious object. On to the case comes Professor Quatermass who deduces that the object is Martian in origin. Initially viewed with scorn and disbelief, it becomes apparent that the Martian race have been involved in the human race before, and now they have been awoken again. This was the third Hammer film adaptation of Nigel Kneale's BBC-TV Quatermass serial, with previous entries being The Quatermass Experiment & Quatermass 2. This to me, tho, is undo...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • spacecraft
    • london, england
    • professor
    • paleontology
    • riot
    • london underground
    • martian
    • scientist
    • based on tv series