The Quatermass Xperiment
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The Quatermass Xperiment

You Can't Escape It!

6.5 / 10 1955 1h 22mNR English
Science FictionHorror

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Lead
Richard Wordsworth

Richard Wordsworth

Victor Carroon

David King-Wood

David King-Wood

Dr. Gordon Briscoe

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Inspector Lomax

Margia Dean

Margia Dean

Judith Carroon

Maurice Kaufmann

Maurice Kaufmann

Marsh

JW

John Wynn

Detective Sergeant Best

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Christie

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Val Guest's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Quatermass Xperiment is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker