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1956 film by Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey

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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.

Released: 1956-09-2181 minDir: Leslie NormanHorror, Science Fiction, Mystery

Cast

  • Dean Jagger as Dr. Adam Royston
  • Leo McKern as Inspector McGill
  • William Lucas as Peter Elliott
  • Edward Chapman as John Elliott
  • John Harvey as Maj. Cartwright
  • Michael Ripper as Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke

Themes

  • monster
  • scotland
  • radiation
  • radioactivity

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Ratings

IMDb

6.1/10

3,690 votes

Year
1956
Runtime
81 min
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English language
Director
Joseph Losey
Screenwriter
Jimmy Sangster
Production company
Hammer Film Productions
Narrative location
Scotland
Duration
80
FilmAffinity ID
789014
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1956-01-01
title
X the Unknown
distributed by
Netflix
review score
67%
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