The Quatermass Xperiment
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The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science-fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment written by Nigel Kneale. The film
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Bray Studios, where many of the interior scenes in The Quatermass Xperiment were filmed
Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) (centre) and Briscoe (David King-Wood) (left) examine Carroon (Richard Wordsworth) (seated) in a scene from The Quatermass Xperiment. Makeup artist Phil Leakey worked with cinematographer Walter J. Harvey to accentuate the shadows around Wordsworth's face to give him a skeletal appearance.
The Quatermass Xperiment had its première at the London Pavilion on 26 August 1955.
Quatermass 2
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Quatermass 2 is a 1957 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions. It is directed and co-written by Val Guest, produced by Anthony Hinds, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars Jo
The Quatermass Xperiment
…TV serial, the film was a major success, especially in the UK. It also brought public attention to Hammer Film Productions around the world. A sequel, Quatermass 2, followed in 1957. The British-American Rocket Group, headed by Professor Bernard Quatermass, launches its first crewed rocket into outer space. All…
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Sid James (Jimmy Hall), Brian Donlevy (Quatermass) and John Longden (Lomax) in a scene from Quatermass 2.