X the Unknown

• 6.1 Horror
• 1956-09-21
• 81 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Dean Jagger (Dr. Adam Royston) Leo McKern (Inspector McGill) William Lucas (Peter Elliott) Edward Chapman (John Elliott) John Harvey (Maj. Cartwright) Michael Ripper (Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke) Anthony Newley (LCpl. 'Spider' Webb) Ian MacNaughton (Pvt. Haggis) Peter Hammond (Lt. Bannerman) Kenneth Cope (Pvt. Lansing)

Director:

Leslie Norman

Writer:

Jimmy Sangster