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X the Unknown (1956) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 21, 1956

Original Title:
X the Unknown

Alternate Titles:
Lo desconocido
X, O Monstro Radioativo
XX... Unbekannt

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Hammer Film Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 12  DE: 16  GB: PG  PT: e 12 

Runtime: 81

It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!

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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.

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Art Direction:
Edward Marshall

Assistant Director:
Christopher Sutton

Camera Operator:
Len Harris

Clapper Loader:
Mike Rutter

Continuity:
June Randall

Director:
Leslie Norman

Director of Photography:
Gerald Gibbs

Editor:
James Needs

Executive Producer:
Michael Carreras

Makeup Artist:
Philip Leakey

Makeup Effects:
Philip Leakey

Music Director:
John Hollingsworth

Original Music Composer:
James Bernard

Producer:
Anthony Hinds

Production Manager:
Jimmy Sangster

Screenplay:
Jimmy Sangster

Sound Editor:
Alfred Cox

Sound Mixer:
Jock May

Special Effects:
Jack Curtis

Story:
Jimmy Sangster

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Molly Arbuthnot

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