The Abominable Snowman (Original title)The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (Alternative title)The Snow Creature (Alternative title)
Date: 26 August 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: Science fiction thriller. Dr John Rollason and his wife Helen are in the Himalayas on an expedition when stubborn American Tom Friend arrives and it becomes clear that Rollason is planning to join Friend on a risky trek to find the legendary yeti, or abominable snowman, possibly a distant relation of Man. If found, Friend wants to trap one and take it home dead or alive, but Rollason wants to study and photograph them without harming them. The expedition encounters difficult situations in the high altitudes as they begin to close in, they believe, on their quarry.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Subjects: Abominable Snowman, Mountains
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8110 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Exclusive
Date: 26 August 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Val Guest
Synopsis: Science fiction thriller. Dr John Rollason and his wife Helen are in the Himalayas on an expedition when stubborn American Tom Friend arrives and it becomes clear that Rollason is planning to join Friend on a risky trek to find the legendary yeti, or abominable snowman, possibly a distant relation of Man. If found, Friend wants to trap one and take it home dead or alive, but Rollason wants to study and photograph them without harming them. The expedition encounters difficult situations in the high altitudes as they begin to close in, they believe, on their quarry.
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Subjects: Abominable Snowman, Mountains
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8110 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Exclusive
Credits
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[Production Company]: Hammer Film Productions, Clarion Film Productions, Presents: Warner Bros. Distributors Ltd., Executive Producer: Michael Carreras, Produced by: Aubrey Baring, Associate Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys, Production Manager: Don Weeks, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, Assistant Director: Robert Lynn, Continuity: Doreen Soan, Story and Screenplay: Nigel Kneale, Director of Photography: Arthur Grant, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Editor: Bill Lenny, Production Designer: Bernard Robinson, Art Director: Ted Marshall, Dress Designer: Beatrice Dawson, Wardrobe: Molly Arbuthnot, Make-up: Phil Leakey, Hairdressing: Henry Montsash, Composed by: Humphrey Searle, Musical Director: John Hollingsworth, Sound Recordist: Jock May, Logo [Sound System]: RCA Sound System, Produced at: Bray Film Studios
Cast
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Forrest Tucker (Tom Friend), Peter Cushing (Dr John Rollason), Maureen Connell (Helen Rollason), Richard Wattis (Peter Fox, 'Foxy'), Robert Brown (Ed Shelley), Michael Brill (McNee), Arnold Marlè (lama), Wolfe Morris (Kusang), Anthony Chin (major-domo)