May 6thQuatermass 2** GB 1957. Hammer. 85m. bw
Professor Quatermass discovers that his aborted Moon project is being developed on Earth by a sinister alien power.
Gripping, efficient adaptation of the second of Nigel Kneale's chilling TV series, with some good use of locations and some Orwellian/Body Snatchers-style paranoia, in spite of a stiff central performance and a slightly rushed climax.
Written by: Val Guest, Nigel Kneale, from his TV series.
Producer: Anthony Hinds.
Director: Val Guest.
Starring: Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn, Bryan Forbes, Sidney James, Percy Herbert, Vera Day, Charles Lloyd Pack, Tom Chatto, John Van Eyssen.
Photography: Gerald Gibbs.
Music: James Bernard.
Professor Quatermass discovers that his aborted Moon project is being developed on Earth by a sinister alien power.
Gripping, efficient adaptation of the second of Nigel Kneale's chilling TV series, with some good use of locations and some Orwellian/Body Snatchers-style paranoia, in spite of a stiff central performance and a slightly rushed climax.
Written by: Val Guest, Nigel Kneale, from his TV series.
Producer: Anthony Hinds.
Director: Val Guest.
Starring: Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn, Bryan Forbes, Sidney James, Percy Herbert, Vera Day, Charles Lloyd Pack, Tom Chatto, John Van Eyssen.
Photography: Gerald Gibbs.
Music: James Bernard.
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