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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1967-11-09
Languageen
Runtime1h 37m
Budget$367,085
Revenue$750,000
Production

Hammer Film Productions

6.7(282)
•1967•1h 37m

Quatermass and the Pit

"World in panic! Cities in flames!"

Science FictionHorror

Overview

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Writing & Screenplay
Nigel Kneale
Cinematography
Arthur Grant

Principal Cast

32 credited
Andrew Keir
Andrew KeirProf. Bernard Quatermass
James Donald
James DonaldDr. Mathew Roney
Barbara Shelley
Barbara ShelleyBarbara Judd
Julian Glover
Julian GloverColonel Breen
Bryan Marshall
Bryan MarshallCaptain Potter
MG
Maurice GoodSergeant Cleghorn
Duncan Lamont
Duncan LamontSladden
Peter Copley
Peter CopleyHowell
Edwin Richfield
Edwin RichfieldMinister
Grant Taylor
Grant TaylorPolice Sergeant Ellis
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