The read
A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%. Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 25m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Ratings
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
152 audience votes
Key crew
- Val GuestDirector
- Nigel KnealeScreenplay
- Val GuestScreenplay
- James BernardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brian DonlevyProf. Bernard Quatermass
- John LongdenChief Inspector Lomax
- William FranklynDr. Tom Brand
- Bryan ForbesMarsh
- Charles Lloyd PackWork Camp Manager Dawson
- Tom ChattoVincent Broadhead, M.P.
- John Van EyssenThe Plant Tour Guide
- Sidney JamesJimmy Hall
- Percy HerbertPaddy Gorman
- Michael RipperErnie the Bartender
- John RaeE. J. Macleod
- Philipp BairdLab Assistant
