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| Credits | |
| Title: | Quatermass and the Pit |
| Directed by: | Roy Ward Baker |
| Written by: | Nigel Kneale |
| Produced by: | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Music by: | Tristram Cary |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Grant |
| Edited by: | Spencer Reeve |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Hammer Film Productions Seven Arts Pictures Toho Company Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Released: | November 9th, 1967 |
| Rating: | Approved |
| Running time: | 97 min. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | GBP 275,000 |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Quatermass II |
| Next: | Quatermass Conclusion, The |
Quatermass and the Pit is a British feature film of the science fiction and horror genres. It is the third film in the Quatermass film series. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker with a script written by Nigel Kneale based on an original story by Kneale. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and the Toho Company (an odd pairing, to say the least), and premiered in the United Kingdom on November 9th, 1967. It was first released in the United States on February 16th, 1968 through 20th Century Fox.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| James Donald | Doctor Roney |
| Andrew Keir | Bernard Quatermass |
| Barbara Shelley | Barbara Judd |
| Julian Glover | Colonel Breen |
| Duncan Lamont | Sladden |
| Bryan Marshall | Captain Potter |
| Peter Copley | Howell |
| Edwin Richfield | Minister |
| Grant Taylor | Police Sergeant Ellis |
| Maurice Good | Sergeant Cleghorn |
| Robert Morris | Watson |
| Sheila Steafel | Journalist |
| Hugh Futcher | Sapper West |
| Hugh Morton | Elderly journalist |
| Thomas Heathcote | Vicar |
| Noel Howlett | Abbey librarian |
| Hugh Manning | Pub customer |
| June Ellis | Blonde |
| Keith Marsh | Johnson |
| James Culliford | Corporal Gibson |
| Bee Duffell | Miss Dobson |
| Roger Avon | Electrician |
| Brian Peck | Technical officer |
| John Graham | Inspector |
| Charles Lamb | News vendor |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "Force more powerful than 1,000 H-Bombs unleashed to devestate Earth! World in Panic! Cities in Flames!"
Recommendations[]
- Quatermass
- Quatermass II
- Quatermass Conclusion, The
External Links[]
- Quatermass and the Pit at IMDB
- Quatermass and the Pit at Wikipedia
- Quatermass and the Pit at Letterboxd.com
- Quatermass and the Pit at Themoviedb.org
Gallery[]
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References[]
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