Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Synopsis: Workers renovating the London Underground discover what they at first take to be an unexploded World War II bomb. On closer inspection it turns out to be a great deal more mysterious - a spaceship,... Workers renovating the London Underground discover what they at first take to be an unexploded World War II bomb. On closer inspection it turns out to be a great deal more mysterious - a spaceship, millions of years old, bearing the fossilized bodies of dead aliens. Professor Quatermass, unconventional science expert, is brought in to bring to light this disturbing discovery, which turns out to have unforeseen effects on the local populace. One of the best of the science fiction films produced by Hammer in the 1960s, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT is a true sci-fi mindbender. [More]

Starring: James Donald, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Julian Glover

Starring: James Donald, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Julian Glover, Maurice Good, Duncan Lamont, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Edwin Richfield, Grant Taylor, Robert Morris, Sheila Steafel, Hugh Futcher, Hugh Morton, Thomas Heathcote, Noel Howlett, Hugh Manning, June Ellis, Keith Marsh, James Culliford, Bee Duffell, Roger Avon, Brian Peck, John Graham, Charles Lamb

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Screenwriter: Nigel Kneale
Story: Nigel Kneale
Composer: Tristram Cary
Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys

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