Rotten
Routine, somewhat distended development blunts impact of this British-made programmer.
Variety Staff, Variety
Quatermass and the Pit
World in panic! Cities in flames!
1967 · 1h 37m · Approved
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Overview
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Director and cast
- Roy Ward Baker Director
- Andrew Keir as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- James Donald as Dr. Mathew Roney
- Barbara Shelley as Barbara Judd
- Julian Glover as Colonel Breen
- Bryan Marshall as Captain Potter
- Maurice Good as Sergeant Cleghorn
- Duncan Lamont as Sladden
- Peter Copley as Howell
- Edwin Richfield as Minister
- Grant Taylor as Police Sergeant Ellis
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Rotten
All of its pseudo-scientific talk seemed to short-circuit the audience's interest -- in it and in themselves.
Renata Adler, New York Times
Fresh
The brilliant pre-Von Daniken anthropological theme of Kneale's script still guarantees interest.
Time Out
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