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Rating: 6 stars

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X the Unknown (1956)

Directed by Leslie Norman

Science Fiction | Horror | Thriller

Overview

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.

Length 81 minutes

Actors

Dean Jagger | Leo McKern | William Lucas | Edward Chapman | John Harvey | Michael Ripper | Anthony Newley | Ian MacNaughton | Peter Hammond | Kenneth Cope | Michael Brooke | Frazer Hines | Neil Wilson | Stella Kimball | Jameson Clark | Jane Aird | Neil Hallett | Marianne Brauns | Max Brimmell | Brown Derby | Norman Macowan | Anthony Sagar | Edwin Richfield | John Stone | Lawrence James | Frank Taylor | John Stirling | Jack Lambert | Archie Duncan

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

So very, very British.

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