The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Victor Carroon
Dr. Gordon Briscoe
Inspector Lomax
Judith Carroon
Marsh
Detective Sergeant Best
Christie
Blake
Rosie Wrigley
Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
Little Girl (uncredited)
The Chemist (uncredited)
BBC TV producer
Maggie (uncredited)
Maggie's Boyfriend (uncredited)
George, Maggie's father (uncredited)
Crash Site Fire Chief (uncredited)
Crash Site Fireman (uncredited)
Central Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Zookeeper (uncredited)
Zoo Superintendent (uncredited)
Nurse Tucker (uncredited)
Mrs. Lomax (uncredited)
Mother at Zoo (uncredited)
TV Show Floor Director (uncredited)
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
TV Program Announcer (uncredited)
Charles Greene (uncredited)
Ludwig Reichenheim (uncredited)
Sergeant Bromley (uncredited)
Sound Engineer (uncredited)
