
Quick Facts
DirectorLeslie Norman
Runtime1h 21m · e 12
GenresHorror · Mystery · Science-fiction
Release1956-09-21
Film
X: The Unknown
1956· e 12· 1h 21m· Horror· Mystery· Science-fiction
“It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!”
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.
1956-09-21
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Key Crew
DirectorLeslie Norman
ScreenplayJimmy Sangster
ProducerAnthony Hinds
Director of PhotographyGerald Gibbs
Original Music ComposerJames Bernard
EditorJames Needs
Full cast & crew (29 cast · 21 crew)
Details
Released1956-09-21
Runtime1h 21m · e 12
StatusReleased
StudiosHammer Film Productions
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating6.1/10 · 74 votes
Original languageen
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