Watch X the Unknown (1956) Free Online

Release Date: 1956

Cast: Michael Ripper, Leo McKern, Jameson Clark, Edward Chapman, William Lucas, Anthony Newley, Peter Hammond, Marianne Brauns, Ian MacNaughton, Dean Jagger

Categories: Movies, Sci-Fi Horror, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Creature Film

X the Unknown is a British science-fiction / horror film made by the Hammer Films company and released in 1956. The film was originally intended by Hammer to be a sequel to the previous year's successful The Quatermass Xperiment, but writer Nigel Kneale refused permission for the character of Bernard Quatermass to be used. The film starred Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern. It was written by Jimmy Sangster, and was originally to have been directed by Joseph Losey (working under the name Joseph Walton). Losey was an American director who had moved to the UK after being placed on... MORE

X the Unknown is a British science-fiction / horror film made by the Hammer Films company and released in 1956. The film was originally intended by Hammer to be a sequel to the previous year's successful The Quatermass Xperiment, but writer Nigel Kneale refused permission for the character of Bernard Quatermass to be used. The film starred Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern. It was written by Jimmy Sangster, and was originally to have been directed by Joseph Losey (working under the name Joseph Walton). Losey was an American director who had moved to the UK after being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. Although Losey did begin shooting the film and some of his footage is included in the final cut, when Dean Jagger arrived on set the star refused to work with a suspected Communist sympathiser. Losey was replaced by Leslie Norman, officially for health reasons. The film takes place in the Lochmouth area of Scotland, near Glasgow. A group of soldiers are taking turns using a Geiger counter to find a small and harmless hidden source of radioactivity in a wide pit area. Private Lansing finds another mysterious source of radiation where ground water starts to boil. As the other LESS