Quatermass 2

In Quatermass 2, Professor Quatermass, still shook up from London’s refusal to proceed with his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar – meteorites crashing to the Earth! Following them where they should be landing, he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth…

Quatermass 2 (1957) starring Brian Donlevy

Marsh: Hey look at this Sir! Look at this! I think this- I think this is a- a whole one! Yes it is! It’s exactly the same odd shape as the other. It isn’t even cracked. It’s…
Quatermass: What is it?
Marsh: That’s funny, I thought I felt a sort of…
Quatermass: Put it down!
Marsh: -a sort of vibration.
Quatermass: Marsh, your face! There was something on your face! Are you alright? Let me take a look. You know, for a moment, I could have sworn I saw something that looked like a big black bubble.

Review

Actually, Quatermass 2 is a very interesting film. in a real sense, it’s a mystery movie, that Quatermass has to unravel, clue by clue, to find out what’ going on, and why. And the ending is actually quite exciting and dynamic.

Product Description 

Quatermass 2 is the second and most talked about of the three science fiction stories written by Nigel Kneale and based on his critically acclaimed 1955 BBC series. Professor Quatermass, played by Hollywood veteran Brian Donlevy reprising his role from The Quatermass Xperiment, is Britain’s most clever scientist. Investigating a series of bizarre incidents that have been reported from a deserted area, he finds a group of soldiers and government officials that appear to be controlled by aliens from another world. When a close friend is brutally murdered by these beings, Quatermass leads a mob of local workers to a showdown with the extraterrestrials. The film was retitled Enemy From Space for it’s U.S. theatrical release.

Cast of characters

• Brian Donlevy (Curse of the Fly; A Southern Yankee) … Quatermass
• John Longden (Blackmail 1929) … Lomax (as John Longdon)
• Sidney James … Jimmy Hall (as Sydney James)
• Bryan Forbes … Marsh
• William Franklyn … Brand
• Vera Day (The Haunted Strangler) … Sheila
• Charles Lloyd Pack … Dawson
• Tom Chatto … Broadhead
• John Van Eyssen (Horror of Dracula) … The P.R.O.
• Percy Herbert (Mysterious Island) … Gorman
• Michael Ripper (The Brides of Dracula) … Ernie
• John Rae … McLeod
• Marianne Stone (Witchcraft) … Secretary
• Ronald Wilson … Young Man
• Jane Aird … Mrs. McLeod
• Betty Impey … Kelly
• Lloyd Lamble … Inspector
• John Stuart … Commissioner
• Gilbert Davis … Banker
• Joyce Adams (The Apartment) … Woman M.P.
• Edwin Richfield (Quatermass and the Pit) … Peterson
• Howard Williams … Michaels
• Phillip Baird (12 to the Moon) … Lab. Assistant (as Philip Baird)
• Robert Raikes … Lab. Assistant
• John Fabian … Intern
• George Merritt … Super
• Arthur Blake … Constable
• Michael Balfour (Fiend Without a Face) … Harry