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Late Night Horror: Quatermass and the Pit

on BBC One London

Starring James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
In the final film of the present season Professor Quatermass, hero of the popular 50s science-fiction TV series, is faced with a terrifying adversary of diabolic proportions. Building work on a London Underground extension unearths some unusual prehistoric remains and a strange rocket-like object that a bomb disposal expert deduces to be an unknown Nazi weapon. But Quatermass has other ideas about its origins....
Films: page 18

Contributors

Original story and screenplay:
Nigel Kneale
Producer:
Anthony Nelson
Director:
Roy Ward Baker
Dr Roney:
James Donald
Quatermass:
Andrew Keir
Barbara Judd:
Barbara Shelley
Colonel Breen:
Julian Glover
Sladden:
Duncan Lamont
Captain Potter:
Bryan Marshall
Howell:
Peter Copley
Minister:
Edwin Richfield
Police Sergeant Ellis:
Grant Taylor
Sergeant Cleghorn:
Maurice Good
Watson:
Robert Morris
Journalist:
Sheila Steafel

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