Quatermass | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

As the millennium draws to a close, civilization is on the verge of collapse. Gangs rule the streets. Books are burned for fuel. And a monstrous force from outer space is destroying the world's youth. Planet Earth is in dire need of a hero.

Synopsis: In the near future, civilisation has broken down to the barest fragment of recognisable life. Young people are forming gangs and dominating the wrecks of cities like London. But the strangest Earth-children are the Planet people, following plumb-bobs to sacred sites, waiting to be "Taken Up". Professor Quatermass, seeking his granddaughter, teams up with Joe Kapp, who is trying to analyse strange signals from space using the last working pieces of electronic equipment. They find the Planet People at a nearby stone circle, a light appears, the signal appears, - and the hippy children are gone. Russian plot? Nirvana? Or something altogether more sinister?

Production Year:

1979

Released:

Tue, 04/26/2005

Run Time Minutes:

359

Rating:

Genres:

Science-Fiction

Genres:

Television

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

4x3-Full Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-4

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

2-Channel Stereo

Actors:

John Mills - Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Actors:

Simon MacCorkindale - Joe Kapp

Actors:

Barbara Kellerman - Clare Kapp

Actors:

Brewster Mason - Gurov

Actors:

Margaret Tyzack - Annie Morgan

Actors:

Ralph Arliss - Kickalong

Actors:

Paul Rosebury - Caraway

Actors:

Jane Bertish - Bee

Actors:

Rebecca Saire - Hettie Carlson

Actors:

Annabelle Lanyon - Isabel

Actors:

Toyah Willcox - Sal

Actors:

Bruce Purchase - Tommy Roach

Actors:

David Yip - Frank Chen

Actors:

Brenda Fricker - Alison Thorpe

Actors:

Tony Sibbald - Chuck Marshall

Actors:

Neil Stacy - Toby Gough

Actors:

Larry Noble - Jack

Actors:

Gretchen Franklin - Edna

Actors:

Clare Ruane - Jane

Actors:

Kathleen St. St. John - Winnie

Actors:

Beatrice Shaw - Susie

Actors:

James Ottaway - Arthur

Actors:

David Ashford - David Hatherley

Actors:

Donald Eccles - Chisholm

Actors:

Ishaq Bux - Misru

Actors:

Sophie Kind - Kapp Child

Actors:

Joanna Joseph - Kapp Child

Actors:

Joy Harington - TV Producer

Actors:

Barbara Keogh - Make-up Lady

Actors:

James Leith - 1st Pay Cop

Actors:

Luke Hanson - Pay Police Captain

Actors:

Charles Bolton - 1st Mugger

Actors:

Christopher Driscoll - 2nd Mugger

Actors:

Stewart Harwood - Taxi Driver

Actors:

Rita Webb - Charm Seller

Actors:

Trevor Lawrence - Catskin Man

Actors:

Frederick Radley - Medicine Man

Actors:

Tudor Davies - TV Director

Actors:

Kevin Stoney - Prime Minister

Actors:

Elsie Randolph - Woman Minister

Actors:

Jan Murzynowski - Russian Astronaut

Actors:

Declan Mulholland - Security Guard

Actors:

Ian Price - Captain Torrance

Actors:

Chris Quinten - Soldier

Actors:

Lennox Milne - Woman Researcher

Actors:

John Dunbar - Electronics Expert

Actors:

John Richmond - Lt. General

Actors:

Charles Lamb - Orderly

Actors:

Brian Croucher - Pay Police Lt.

Actors:

Claire Lewis - Planet People

Actors:

Paul Easom - Planet People

Actors:

Kevin Omard - Planet People

Actors:

Jackie Cowper - Planet People

Actors:

David Lynch - Planet People

Actors:

Alison Dowling - Planet People

Actors:

Cassie McFarlane - Planet People

Actors:

Chris Blackwell - Dancer

Actors:

Caroline Haigh - Dancer

Actors:

Wendy Barrie - Dancer

Actors:

Bert Francis - Dancer

Actors:

Brian Kuhn - Dancer

Actors:

Domini Winter - Dancer