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Quatermass 2
A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


Quatermass 2 Poster



US Runtime: 85 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Premiere Date:
May 24, 1957   [UK]
 
Director: Val Guest   [Director]
 
Writers: Val Guest   [Screenplay]
Nigel Kneale   [Screenplay]
Nigel Kneale   [Teleplay]
 
Producers: Michael Carreras   [Executive Producer]
Anthony Hinds   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Gerald Gibbs   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: James Needs   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by James Bernard   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions   (GB)
 


Plot Summary:

    Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.

Cast:

Brian Donlevy
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
John Longden
Chief Inspector Lomax
William Franklyn
Dr. Tom Brand
Bryan Forbes
Marsh
Charles Lloyd Pack
Work Camp Manager Dawson
Tom Chatto
Vincent Broadhead, M.P.
John Van Eyssen
The Plant Tour Guide
Sid James
Jimmy Hall
Percy Herbert
Paddy Gorman
Michael Ripper
Ernie the Bartender
John Rae
E. J. Macleod
 
Philipp Baird
Lab Assistant
Betty Impey
Kelly
Joyce Adams
Woman Member of Parliament
Edwin Richfield
Peterson
Vera Day
Sheila
Marianne Stone
Miss Beal
Jane Aird
Mrs. McLeod
Michael Balfour
Harry
John Stuart
The Police Commissioner
John Fabian
Intern
George Merritt
Super
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Barry Lowe
Chris (uncredited)
 
 

Sound Crew:


John Hollingsworth
Music Director
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Frank George
Special Effects
Henry Harris
Special Effects
 
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
 

Directing Crew:


Don Weeks
Assistant Director
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Rene Coke
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 

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