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The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a.The Creeping Unknown in the United States) 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.
American actor Brian Donlevy portrays the titular character in the film adaptations The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and Quatermass 2 (1957). At roughly the same time as Quatermass II was being transmitted by the BBC, Hammer Film Productions released its film adaptation of the first serial in British cinemas. [28]
The popularity of The Quatermass Experiment gained the attention of the film industry, and Hammer Film Productions quickly purchased the rights to make an adaptation. It was released in 1955, and starred the American actor Brian Donlevy , supported by the English actor Jack Warner , with Val Guest directing and co-writing the screenplay.
Quatermass II is a British science fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the Quatermass series by writer Nigel Kneale , and the oldest of those serials to survive in its entirety in the BBC archives.
Quatermass 2 (retitled Enemy From Space in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions.It was originally released in the UK as Quatermass II and was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn.
The Quatermass Xperiment (Hammer Film Productions, 1955), released in the United States as The Creeping Unknown or Shock!! Quatermass 2 (Hammer Film Productions, 1957), released in the United States as The Enemy from Space; Quatermass and the Pit (Hammer Film Productions, 1967), released in the United States as Five Million Years to Earth
Articles related to the Quatermass series of science-fiction film and television productions. Pages in category "Quatermass" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1955 (see 1955 in film): 1955. Title Director Cast ... The Quatermass Xperiment: Val Guest: Brian Donlevy, Jack ...