Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2
	UK double crown release poster
Directed by	Val Guest
Screenplay by	Nigel Kneale; Val Guest
Based on	Quatermass II; 1955 TV serial; by Nigel Kneale
Produced by	Anthony Hinds
Starring	Brian Donlevy; John Longden; Sid James; Bryan Forbes; William Franklyn; Vera Day
Cinematography	Gerald Gibbs
Edited by	James Needs
Music by	James Bernard
Production; company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Exclusive Films (UK), United Artists (USA)
Release dates	10 May 1957 (Netherlands); 24 May 1957 (UK);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£92,000 or £117,731

Quatermass 2 (retitled Enemy From Space in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions. It was originally released in the UK as Quatermass II and was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn. Quatermass 2 is a sequel to Hammer's earlier film The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). Like its predecessor, it is based on the BBC Television serial Quatermass II written by Nigel Kneale. Brian Donlevy reprises his role as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass, making him the only actor to play the character twice in a film. It is often erroneously considered as the first film sequel to use the '2' / 'II' suffix within the title, though this distinction belongs to Sanshiro Sugata Part II.^{[citation needed]}

The film's story concerns Quatermass's investigation of reports of hundreds of meteorites landing only in the Winnerden Flats area of the UK. His inquiries lead him to a huge industrial complex, strikingly similar to his own plans for a Moon colony. This top-secret facility is in fact the centre of a conspiracy involving the alien infiltration of the highest echelons of the British Government. Quatermass and his allies must now do whatever is necessary to defeat the alien threat before it is too late.

^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 145.
^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359

[sue-1] Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 145.

[money-2] Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359

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