| Release Date: | Nov 1956 |
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| Genre: | Sci-Fi / Mystery / Horror |
| Cast: | Dean Jagger (Dr. Adam Royston), Edward Chapman (John Elliott), Leo McKern (Insp. McGill), Anthony Newley (LCpl. 'Spider' Webb), Jameson Clark (Jack Harding), William Lucas (Peter Elliott), Peter Hammond (Lt. Bannerman), Marianne Brauns (Zena, the Nurse), Ian MacNaughton (Haggis), Michael Ripper (Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke), John Harvey (Maj. Cartwright), Edwin Richfield (Soldier Burned on Back), Jane Aird (Vi Harding), Norman Macowan (Old Tom), Neil Hallett (Unwin), Kenneth Cope (Sapper Lansing), Michael Brooke (Willie Harding), Frazer Hines (Ian Osborn), Max Brimmell (Hospital Director (uncredited)), Robert Bruce (Dr. Kelly (uncredited)), Angela Crow (Bit part (uncredited)), Brown Derby (Vicar (uncredited)), Raymond Dudley (Bit part (uncredited)), Archie Duncan (Sgt. Yeardye (uncredited)), Lawrence James (Gerard (uncredited)), Edward Judd (2nd Soldier (uncredited)), Stella Kemball (Willie's Room Nurse (uncredited)), Jack Lambert ((uncredited)), Stevenson Lang (Reporter (uncredited)), Philip Levene (Security man (uncredited)), Brian Peck (1st Soldier (uncredited)), Anthony Sagar (Gateman (uncredited)), Barry Steele (Soldier in trench (uncredited)), John Stirling (Police Car Driver (uncredited)), John Stone (Jerry (uncredited)), French Taylor (PC Williams (uncredited)), Shaw Taylor (Police Radio Operator (uncredited)), Neil Wilson (Russell (uncredited)) |
British Army radiation drills at a remote Scottish base attract a subterranean, radioactive entity of unknown nature that vanishes, leaving two severely radiation-burned soldiers... and a "bottomless" crack in the earth. Others who meet the thing in the night suffer likewise, and with increasing severity; it seems to be able to "absorb" radiation from any source, growing bigger and bigger. What is it?? How do you destroy a thing that "feeds" on energy?