Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth, was the third and (until 1979's Quatermass Conclusion) last of the features. As with previous chapters in the Kneale saga, the film begins with a baffling scientific discovery. This time it's an alien ship, alive after 5,000,000 years, discovered during the excavation of a new subway line. The craft is able to cause psychic disturbances in individuals genetically connected to the machine; it also prompts them to see dead Martians as ghostly entitites nearby. In time, conclusions drawn from these events lead scientists to shocking conclusions about the origins of the human race.
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Donald, Andrew Keir, (more)
- Director(s):
- Rudolph Cartier, Roy Ward Baker, (more)
Synopsis of Quatermass and the Pit
Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth, was the third and (until 1979's Quatermass Conclusion) last of the features. As with previous chapters in the Kneale saga, the film begins with a baffling scientific discovery. This time it's an alien ship, alive after 5,000,000 years, discovered during the excavation of a new subway line. The craft is able to cause psychic disturbances in individuals genetically connected to the machine; it also prompts them to see dead Martians as ghostly entitites nearby. In time, conclusions drawn from these events lead scientists to shocking conclusions about the origins of the human race.
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Quatermass and the Pit
- James Donald - Dr. Matthew Roney
- Barbara Shelley - Barbara Judd
- Maurice Good - Sgt. Cleghorn
- James Culliford - Cpl. Gibson
- Peter Copley - Howell
- June C. Ellis - Blonde
- Hugh Manning - Pub Customer
- Sheila Steafel - Journalist
- Roger Avon - Electrician
- Brian Peck - Technical Officer
- Anthony Bushell
- Michael Ripper
- Keith Marsh - Johnson
- Thomas Heathcote - Vicar
- Charles Lamb - Newsvendor
- Andrew Keir - Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- Julian Glover - Col. Breen
- Bryan Marshall - Capt. Potter
- Duncan Lamont - Sladden
- Bee Duffell - Miss Dobson
- Hugh Futcher - Sapper West
- Hugh Morton - Elderly Journalist
- John Graham - Inspector
- Edwin Richfield - Minister
- Robert Morris - Watson
- Grant Taylor - Police Sergeant Ellis
- Andre Morell
- Cec Linder
- Noel Howlett - Abbey Librarian
- Director(s):
- Roy Ward Baker, Rudolph Cartier
- Writer(s):
- Nigel Kneale
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Nelson Keys, Anthony Melson-Keys
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