XX unbekannt (1956)

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Dean Jagger

Dr. Adam Royston

Edward Chapman

John Elliott

Leo McKern

Insp. 'Mac' McGill

Anthony Newley

LCpl. 'Spider' Webb

Jameson Clark

Jack Harding

William Lucas

Peter Elliott

Peter Hammond

Lt. Bannerman

Marianne Brauns

Zena, the Nurse

Ian MacNaughton

Haggis
(as Ian McNaughton)

Michael Ripper

Sgt. Harry Grimsdyke

John Harvey

Maj. Cartwright

Edwin Richfield

Soldier Burned on Back

Jane Aird

Vi Harding

Norman MacOwan

Old Tom
(as Norman Macowan)

Neil Hallett

Unwin
(as Neil Hallet)

Kenneth Cope

Sapper Lansing

Michael Brooke

Willie Harding
(as Michael Brook)

Frazer Hines

Ian Osborn
(as Fraser Hines)

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The film was originally intended to have been a sequel to another Hammer success, Schock - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), but creator Nigel Kneale vetoed the use of his character(s) by another writer - hence Prof. Bernard Quatermass swiftly became Dr. Adam Royston.

Patzer
Lansing watches the stick sinking in a pool of liquid, but in a later long shot the stick in seen firmly standing in dry ground.

Zitate
Major Cartwright: You know this Royston chap - brilliant, of course, I'm sure - but the trouble with some of these scientific types is they can't see the easy way out of anything. It's got to be complicated if it's going to work.

Verbindungen
Featured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: X the Unknown (1979)

Soundtracks
Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
(uncredited)
Written by Antonín Dvorák

Often overlooked even by those who enjoy the sci-fi films of the fifties, "X The Unknown" is one of those sleepers that real afficionados will watch over and over. Starring Dean Jagger, the cast also features a very young Anthony Newly as a British Army corporal.

There's not much that professional critics would find either amusing or compelling about this film, but when considered in its place as a landmark movie both for the sci-fi genre and for Hammer films, it shines somewhat brighter.

As has aready been mentioned, this film occupies a prominent role among those that feature a "blob" monster. The special effects, incidentally, are not bad for the year (1956), and the concept of a radioactive blob is perhaps even more interesting than one that merely gobbles up people.

I understand that this was one of the early films produced by Hammer, as a step toward making more sci-fi entries. I'm glad they took the chance. This film and those that followed it enriched the genre for all fans of 1950's and 1960's sci-fi films.