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The Quatermass Xperiment(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-09-26
65%
218 Votes
Time: 1h 22m
You Can't Escape It!
Overview:
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Quatermass Xperiment
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Richard Wordsworth
Victor Carroon
David King-Wood
Dr. Gordon Briscoe
Jack Warner
Inspector Lomax
Margia Dean
Judith Carroon
Maurice Kaufmann
Marsh
Harold Lang
Christie
Lionel Jeffries
Blake
Thora Hird
Rosie Wrigley
Video Trailer The Quatermass Xperiment
Video: 4K Restoration | Official Trailer
4K Restoration | Official Trailer
Original Theatrical Trailer (1955)
![The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OxS1Kd6sueo/mqdefault.jpg)
The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
4K First Look
Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britain’s First Sci-Fi Horror
Ernest Dickerson on THE CREEPING UNKNOWN
FIRST LOOK: Last Cast Member on The Quatermass Xperiment | 4K Collector’s Edition Exclusive Clip
Is This the Coldest Final Line in Sci-fi Horror History?
She Promised Him a New Life... Then Saw His HAND
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4K Restoration | Official Trailer - Trailer
Original Theatrical Trailer (1955) - Trailer
![The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OxS1Kd6sueo/sddefault.jpg)
The Quatermass Xperiment / The Creeping Unknown (1955) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD] - Trailer
4K First Look - Clip
Before Doctor Who: How a BBC Mistake Created Britain’s First Sci-Fi Horror - Featurette
Ernest Dickerson on THE CREEPING UNKNOWN - Featurette
FIRST LOOK: Last Cast Member on The Quatermass Xperiment | 4K Collector’s Edition Exclusive Clip - Featurette
Is This the Coldest Final Line in Sci-fi Horror History? - Clip
She Promised Him a New Life... Then Saw His HAND - Clip
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