Quatermass Xperiment

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The Quatermass Xperiment
Credits
Title:	The Quatermass Xperiment
Director:	Val Guest
Writers:	Val Guest; Richard H. Landau
Producers:	Anthony Hinds; Robert L. Lippert
Composer:	James Bernard
Cinematography:	Walter J. Harvey
Editors:	James Needs
Production
Distributed by:	Hammer Film Productions
Released:	September 28th, 1955
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	78 min.
Country:	England
Language:	English
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The Quatemrass Xperiment is a British science fiction film with elements of the horror genre. It is the first film in the ongoing Quatermass franchise. It was directed by Val Guest and written by Guest and Richard H. Landau. The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on September 28th, 1955. It premiered in the United States in June, 1956. The movie stars Brian Donlevy as Professor Bernard Quatermass, Jack Warner as Inspector Lomax, Margia Dean as Mrs. Judith Carroon, Thora Hird as Rosemary "Rosie" Elizabeth Wrigley and David King-Wood as Doctor Gordon Briscoe.

Cast

Main cast

Actor	Role
Brian Donlevy	Professor Bernard Quatermass
Jack Warner	Inspector Lomax
Margia Dean	Mrs. Judith Carson
Thora Hird	Rosemary "Rosie" Elizabeth Wrigley
Gordon Jackson	BBC TV producer
David King-Wood	Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Harold Lang	Christie
Lionel Jeffries	Blake
Sam Kydd	Police sergeant questioner
Richard Wordsworth	Victor Carroon

Supporting cast

Actor	Role
Jane Aird	Mrs. Lomax
Margaret Anderson	Maggie
Jane Asher	Little girl
Harry Brunning	Night porter
Eric Corrie	Maggie's boyfriend
Edward Dane	Station policeman
Gron Davies	Charles Green
Basil Dignam	Sir Lionel Dean
James Drake	Sound engineer
Mollie Glesing	Mother at zoo
Michael Godfrey	Crash site fireman
Donald Gray	TV announcer
Arthur Gross	TV floor director
Ernest Hare	Crash site fire chief
Betty Impey	Central clinic nurse
Fred Johnson	Inspector
Maurice Kaufmann	Marsh
John Kerr	Film lab technician
Henry B. Longhurst	George, Maggie's father
Arthur Lovegrove	Sergeant Bromley
Barry Lowe	Tucker, night nure
Mayne Lynton	Zoo superintendent
Bartlett Mullins	Zookeeper
Frank Phillips	BBC announcer
George Roderick	Local policeman
John Stirling	Major at crash site
Marianne Stone	Central clinic nurse
Toke Townley	The chemist
Stanley Van Beers	Doctor Ludwig Reichenheim
John Wynn	Detective Sergeant Best

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