- BFI identifier42177
- Date1955 (Copyright)
1955-11-28 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisHunt in London for the survivor of a rocket ship who is being transmuted from a human being into a monster capable of reproducing itself at such a rate that in a short time the whole nation could be destroyed. (Synopsis)
- Work historySome re-issue prints bear the title "The Quatermass Experiment". The NFTVA also holds the credits sequence for the film with the main title of SHOCK!! This was to be the title of the film for its release in the USA before it was changed to 'The Creeping Unknown'. This credits sequence also omits the name of Val Guest as co-writer of the screenplay, with Richard Landau receiving sole credit.
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Val Guest
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[Production Company]: Hammer Film Productions
view all - CastBrian Donlevy (Professor Bernard Quatermass)
Jack Warner (Chief Inspector Lomax)
Margia Dean (Judith Carroon)
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Title
The Quatermass Xperiment (Original)
Shock!! (Alternative)
The Quatermass Experiment (Alternative)
The Creeping Unknown (Alternative)
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