Quatermass and the Pit (1967) ( Five Million Years to Earth ) ( The Mind Benders (Quarter mass & the Pit) )

Quatermass and the Pit (1967) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Five Million Years to Earth
Alternate Title: The Mind Benders (Quarter mass & the Pit)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Ward Baker

Written By:
Nigel Kneale

Actors:
James Donald ..... Dr. Mathew Roney
Andrew Keir ..... Prof. 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 ..... Jerry Watson
Sheila Steafel ..... Journalist
Hugh Futcher ..... Sapper West
Hugh Morton ..... Elderly Journalist
Thomas Heathcote ..... Vicar

Synopsis:

While digging an extension in the London underground, workers come across skeletal remains. Construction is halted and paleontologist Dr. Matthew Roney's team take over. They soon find a metal object that they initially think might be a bomb but turns out to be an alien spacecraft of some kind. Roney's assistant Barbara Judd and Professor Bernard Quatermass, a rocket specialist who does experimental work for the Ministry of Defence, discover that much of the housing around the site was abandoned by its inhabitants 40 years ago because of strange noises and what was believed to be ghosts. Inside the spacecraft they find the remnants of insect-like creatures, all now dead. In disturbing the craft however, they release an invisible force of immense power.

Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass. When the interior of the 'missile' is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quartermass that these 'locusts' are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quartermass's suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks loose.

In London, while digging in the Hobb's End Underground Station, the workers find a skull and skeleton in the excavation. Dr. Mathew Roney and his assistant Barbara Judd research the findings and believe that the skull belongs to a prehistoric ape man. When they find an unknown indestructible metal, the army is summoned and Colonel Breen believes that the metal is actually a V-2 German missile from the World War II. However, Professor Bernard Quatermass believes that it is a spacecraft from Mars. Quatermass and Roney find a plan from the Martians to invade Earth affecting the earthlings but the skeptical Colonel Breen does not accept their theory.

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