X the Unknown (1956)
X the Unknown (1956)
Plot.
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Dean Jagger
Dr. Adam Royston
Edward Chapman
John Elliott
Leo McKern
Insp. 'Mac' McGill
Anthony Newley
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
John Harvey
Maj. Cartwright
Jameson Clark
Jack Harding
William Lucas
Peter Elliott
Joseph Losey
Director
Peter Hammond
Lt. Bannerman
Marianne Brauns
Zena, the Nurse
Ian MacNaughton
Haggis
Kenneth Cope
Pvt. Lansing
Michael Ripper
Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke
Michael Brooke
Willie Harding
Frazer Hines
Ian Osborn
Leslie Norman
Director
Neil Wilson
Russell
Jimmy Sangster
Writer
Anthony Hinds
Producer
Stella Kimball
Willie's Nurse
James Bernard
Composer
Jane Aird
Vi Harding
Gerald Gibbs
Cinematographer
James Needs
Editor
Neil Hallett
Harry, the amorous intern
Max Brimmell
Hospital Superintendant
Brown Derby
The Vicar
Norman MacOwan
Old Tom
Anthony Sagar
Rear Gate Night Watchman
Edwin Richfield
Soldier Burned on Back
John Stone
Gerry
Lawrence James
Gerard
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 21, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Genres
Wiki.
X the Unknown is a 1956 British science fiction horror film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Dean Jagger and Edward Chapman. It was made by the Hammer Film Productions company and written by Jimmy Sangster. The film is significant in that "it firmly established Hammer's transition from B-movie thrillers to out-and-out horror/science fiction" and, with The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and Quatermass 2 (1957), completes "an important trilogy containing relevant allegorical threads revealing Cold War anxieties and a diminishing national identity resulting from Britain's decrease in status as a world power".