Movie
Quatermass and the Pit
Overview
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-11-09
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hammer Film Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andrew Keir as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- James Donald as Dr. Mathew Roney
- Barbara Shelley as Barbara Judd
- Julian Glover as Colonel Breen
- Bryan Marshall as Captain Potter
- Maurice Good as Sergeant Cleghorn
- Duncan Lamont as Sladden
- Peter Copley as Howell
- Edwin Richfield as Minister
- Grant Taylor as Police Sergeant Ellis
- Noel Howlett as Abbey Librarian
- Thomas Heathcote as Vicar
Crew
- Roy Ward Baker - Director
- Nigel Kneale - Screenplay
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