Directed by:
Roy Ward BakerScreenplay:
Nigel KnealeCinematography:
Arthur GrantComposer:
Tristram CaryCast:
James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Bryan Marshall, Duncan Lamont, Keith Marsh, John Bown, James Culliford, Hugh Manning, Eric Kent (more)Plots(1)
When workers building an extension to the London Underground dig up skeletal remains, palaeontologist Dr Matthew Roney is called in and deduces that they are the remnants of a group of apemen over five million years old. But Professor Bernard Quatermass draws other conclusions, suspecting something alien afoot. As theories swirl on the origins of these three-legged insectoid creatures with horned heads – Nazi propaganda? Demonic forces? – a drill operator is overcome by sudden telekinetic powers, and something very dark that has lurked deep within the bowels of the tube for millennia is unleashed onto the streets of London. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
![James Donald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194004_22e4d7.jpg)
James Donald
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Andrew Keir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188552_869d7f.jpg)
Andrew Keir
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Barbara Shelley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/086/165086655_d61955.jpg)
Barbara Shelley
UK
Best movies:
Village of the Damned (1960)
The Gorgon (1964)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
![Julian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271632_2a8d48.jpg)
Julian Glover
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Cry Freedom (1987)
![Bryan Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462078_993412.jpg)
Bryan Marshall
UK
Best movies:
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
![Duncan Lamont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/237/160237733_945f40.jpg)
Duncan Lamont
Portugal
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
![Keith Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298410_36c0b6.jpg)
Keith Marsh
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
John Bown
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Fear in the Night (1972)
James Culliford
Best movies:
The Entertainer (1960)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
The Trygon Factor (1966)
Hugh Manning
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
![Eric Kent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/355/161355628_6f8677.jpg)
Eric Kent
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
![Thomas Heathcote](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365610_5c7036.jpg)
Thomas Heathcote
India
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Bee Duffell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375813_feb2a2.jpg)
Bee Duffell
Ireland
Best movies:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Hugh Futcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/386/161386796_be61e0.jpg)
Hugh Futcher
UK
Best movies:
Repulsion (1965)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
The Apocalypse Watch (1997) (TV movie)
![Edwin Richfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/388/161388183_fcf11c.jpg)
Edwin Richfield
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
![John Rutland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394449_d62c49.jpg)
John Rutland
UK
Best movies:
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
![George Hilsdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442852_45443f.jpg)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
Walter Horsbrugh
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Curse of the Demon (1957)
![Roger Avon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/447/161447669_a0bfa1.jpg)
Roger Avon
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Dresser (1983)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
![Peter Copley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/460/161460525_e40383.jpg)
Peter Copley
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Cadfael (1994) (series)