Quatermass 2 – 1957

A Hammer film production released by Exclusive films (UK)I and Warner Brothers (USA)
A Hammer production released by United Artists
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 18126

Opening credit;- “The Producers acknowledge the assistance received from the Hemel Hempsted New Town Development Corporation during the Shooting of this film”

Closing credit;-“The Producers Wish to acknowledge with thanks, the facilitie, extended to them by “Shell” Refining arId Marketing Company for the shooting of many scenes, at Shell Haven Refinery, Essex”

RCA Sound Recording
Produced at New EIstree Studios
Black & White 85 mins

Storyline

Professor Quatermass is working on a moonbase project from which the government suddenly and inexplicably withdraws funding. At the same time, instruments at his laboratory pick up a strange shower of meteor-like objects in the area of a village called Winterton Flats.
Quatermass and one of his colleagues, Marsh, set out for the village and to their shock find a gigantic complex of buildings, which bears an uncanny resemblance to his moonbase plans. Then Marsh finds a meteorite still intact and picks it up.
As he examines it, it explodes in his face, leaving a black wound on his cheek. Before the Professor can help him, armed guards, all bearing similar marks, arrive and take Marsh to the complex, a place shrouded in secrecy which the locals are unwilling to discuss. As he investigates further, Quatermass uncovers a terrifying scheme by Martian beings for an imminent invasion of earth…

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Credits
Art Director	Bernard Robinson	44	28 Jul 1912	2 Mar 1970	57	46
Assistant Director	Don Weeks	52	15 Nov 1904	1 Mar 1988	83	30
Camera Operator	Len Harris	40	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	52
Conducted by	John Hollingsworth	40	20 Mar 1916	29 Dec 1963	47	36
Continuity	June Randall	29	26 Jun 1927	18 Jan 2015	87	6
Directed by	Val Guest	45	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	29
Director of Photography	Gerald Gibbs	49	7 Nov 1907	23 Jan 1990	82	3
Editor	James Needs	37	17 Oct 1919	2003	83	111
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	29	21 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1994	66	83
Make-up	Phil Leakey	48	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48
Music	James Bernard	31	20 Sep 1925	12 Jul 2001	75	24
Produced by	Anthony Hinds	34	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	84
Production Manager	John Workman	36	28 May 1920	1973	52	2
Production Supervisor	Anthony Nelson-Keys	45	13 Nov 1911	19 Mar 1985	73	41
Screenplay by	Nigel Kneale	34	18 Apr 1922	29 Oct 2006	84	6
Screenplay by	Val Guest	45	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	29
Sound	Cliff Sandall	53	24 Apr 1903	1988	84	2
Sound Editor	Alfred Cox		1925	2005	80	21
Special Effects	Bill Warrington	47	1910	11 Sep 1981	71	2
Special Effects	Frank George					3
Special Effects	Henry Harris	57	13 Nov 1899	1971	71	1
Story by	Nigel Kneale	34	18 Apr 1922	29 Oct 2006	84	6
Wardrobe	Rene Coke					1

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Banker	Gilbert Davis	57	9 May 1899		28 Feb 1983	83	1
Brand	William Franklyn	31	22 Sep 1925		31 Oct 2006	81	3
Broadhead	Tom Chatto	36	1 Sep 1920		8 Aug 1982	61	1
Commissioner	John Stuart	58	18 Jul 1898		17 Oct 1979	81	6
Constable	Arthur Blake	27	7 Nov 1929		27 Nov 2001	72	1
Dawson	Charles Lloyd-Pack	54	10 Oct 1902		22 Dec 1983	81	8
Ernie	Michael Ripper	43	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34
Gorman	Percy Herbert	36	31 Jul 1920		6 Dec 1992	72	6
Harry	Michael Balfour	38	11 Feb 1918		24 Oct 1997	79	3
Inspector	Lloyd Lamble	42	8 Feb 1914		17 Mar 2008	94	3
Intern	John Fabian	29	19 May 1927		11 Apr 2012	84	1
Jimmy Hall	Sidney James	43	8 May 1913		26 Apr 1976	62	7
Kelly	Betty Impey	26	5 Dec 1930	05.12.1930		90	1
Lab. Assistant	Robert Raikes	28	1929	01.01.1929		92	1
Lab. Assistant	Philip Baird						1
Lomax	John Longden	56	11 Nov 1900		26 May 1971	70	4
Marsh	Bryan Forbes	30	22 Jul 1926		8 May 2013	86	2
McLeod	John Rae	61	21 Jun 1895		4 Jun 1977	81	1
Michaels	Howard Williams	24	10 May 1932	10.05.1932		89	3
Mrs McLeod	Jane Aird	46	12 Jul 1910		26 May 1979	68	2
Peterson	Edwin Richfield	35	11 Sep 1921		2 Aug 1990	68	10
Professor Quatermass	Brian Donlevy	55	9 Feb 1901		5 Apr 1972	71	2
Secretary	Marianne Stone	34	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9
Sheila	Vera Day	21	4 Aug 1935	04.08.1935		85	4
Super	George Merritt	66	10 Dec 1890		27 Aug 1977	86	3
The P.R.O.	John van Eyssen	34	19 Mar 1922		13 Nov 1995	73	4
Woman M.P.	Joyce Adams						1
Young Man	Ronald Wilson	26	2 Apr 1930		17 Jul 2014	84	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	21 May 1956
UK RELEASE	17 June 1957
STUDIO	New Elstree Studios, Elstree Road, Borehamwood. Hertfordshire, England
LOCATION	Chobham Common, Surrey, England
	Shell Haven Refinery, Essex, England
	Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
	House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England
	Ivinghoe Beacon, The Ridgeway, Buckinghamshire, England	Winnerden Flats
	Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England
	South Downs outside Brighton, East Sussex, England
	Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England
	Canvey Island, Essex, England

Footnotes

Versatile actor Bryan Forbes also turned his hand to screenwriting, production and direction. His credits as director include “Whistle down the Wind” (1961), “The L-Shaped Room” (1962), “Seance on a Wet Afternoon” (1964) and “The Wrong Box” (1966). He is married to actress Nanette Newman, who appears in Hammer’s “Man at the Top” (1974).

Charles Lloyd Pack is a fairly regular face in Hammer’s repertory company of actors. Other appearances by him for them include “Dracula” (1958), “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958), “The Man Who Could Cheat Death” (1959), “The Reptile” (1966) and “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” (1973).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection