The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
Top Cast
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Brian DonlevyProf. Bernard Quatermass
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Richard WordsworthVictor Carroon
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David King-WoodDr. Gordon Briscoe
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Jack WarnerInspector Lomax
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Margia DeanJudith Carroon
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Maurice KaufmannMarsh
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John WynnDetective Sergeant Best
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Harold LangChristie
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Lionel JeffriesBlake
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Thora HirdRosie Wrigley
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Sam KyddPolice Sergeant Questioning Rosie
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Gordon JacksonBBC TV producer
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Jane AsherLittle Girl (uncredited)
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Toke TownleyThe Chemist (uncredited)
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Margaret AndersonMaggie (uncredited)
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Eric CorrieMaggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)
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Henry B. LonghurstGeorge, Maggie's father (uncredited)