The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
284 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy Ward BakerDirector
- Nigel KnealeScreenplay
- Tristram CaryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Andrew KeirProf. Bernard Quatermass
- James DonaldDr. Mathew Roney
- Barbara ShelleyBarbara Judd
- Julian GloverColonel Breen
- Bryan MarshallCaptain Potter
- Maurice GoodSergeant Cleghorn
- Duncan LamontSladden
- Peter CopleyHowell
- Edwin RichfieldMinister
- Grant TaylorPolice Sergeant Ellis
- Noel HowlettAbbey Librarian
- Thomas HeathcoteVicar
Stills
Themes
spacecraftlondon, englandprofessorpaleontologyriotlondon undergroundmartianscientistthoughtfulbased on tv seriesbold