X THE UNKNOWN

Details

• Release Year: 1957
• Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science-Fiction
• Plot: British commandos on maneuvers near a muddy marsh become ill with mysterious symptoms and horrific burns. Dr. Royston (Dean Jagger), an atomic scientist from a nearby research station suspects lethal radiation but is mystified by the cause. At a nearby hospital, the phenomenon reappears and engulfs more innocent people including a hospital orderly whose skin has melted away from his body.; ; Dr. Royston speculates that the unknown force is on a quest to absorb radiation and expands in size and range as it claims more and more victims. As time runs short, he becomes desperate to trap the force before its power overcomes mankind.
• Cast: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley, Jameson Clark, William Lucas, Peter Hammond, Marianne Brauns, Ian MacNaughton, Michael Ripper, John Harvey, Edwin Richfield, Jane Aird, Norman Macowan, Neil Hallett, Kenneth Cope, Michael Brooke, Frazer Hines, Max Brimmell, Robert Bruce, Angela Crow, Brown Derby, Raymond Dudley, Archie Duncan, Lawrence James, Edward Judd, Stella Kemball, Jack Lambert, Stevenson Lang, Philip Levene, Brian Peck, Anthony Sagar, Barry Steele, John Stirling, John Stone, French Taylor, Shaw Taylor, Neil Wilson, Leslie Norman, Jimmy Sangster
• Director: Leslie Norman
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Sol Lesser Productions, Hammer Film Productions
• Media Format: Movie