Screenplay:
Jimmy SangsterCinematography:
Gerald GibbsComposer:
James BernardCast:
Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley, Peter Hammond, Ian MacNaughton, Kenneth Cope, Philip Levene, Edward Judd, Brown Derby, Shaw Taylor (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Mysterious events surround the sudden appearance of a gaping fissure in Scotland: soldiers on manoeuvres nearby develop a debilitating sickness and a small boy is later engulfed by an eerie presence. The child subsequently dies of first-degree radiation burns, similar to those that killed one of the soldiers. Mankind is at the mercy of a seemingly unstoppable organism that melts the flesh of those in its path. Atomic energy specialist Dr. Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) and his colleague McGill (Leo McKern) investigate the deadly phenomenon, which they trace to the depths of the fissure. As the death toll rises, Royston devises a daring plan to snare the creature in a lethal radioactive trap. X the Unknown was only the second of Hammers horror productions, but contained some of the most grisly and disturbing special effects seen in any of the companys films. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Brian Peck
UK
Best movies:
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Max Brimmell
UK
Best movies:
X the Unknown (1956)
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Angela Crow
UK
Best movies:
X the Unknown (1956)
Barry Steele
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Lawrence James
UK
Best movies:
Circus of Fear (1966)
X the Unknown (1956)
Robert Bruce
UK
Best movies:
Masters of Venus (1962)
Woman of Straw (1964)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)