| X the Unknown | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Leslie Norman Joseph Losey[1] |
| Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Starring | Dean Jagger Edward Chapman |
| Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
| Edited by | James Needs |
| Music by | James Bernard John Hollingsworth |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Exclusive Films (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000 (US)[2] |
X the Unknown is a 1956 British science fiction horror film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Dean Jagger and Edward Chapman.[3] It was made by the Hammer Film Productions company and written by Jimmy Sangster. The film is significant in that "it firmly established Hammer's transition from B-movie thrillers to out-and-out horror/science fiction" and, with The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and Quatermass 2 (1957), completes "an important trilogy containing relevant allegorical threads revealing Cold War anxieties and a diminishing national identity resulting from Britain's decrease in status as a world power".[4][5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
tcmartwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bruce G. Hallenbeck, British Cult Cinema: Hammer Fantasy and Sci-Fi, Hemlock Books 2011 p. 78
- ^ "X the Unknown". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Maxford, Howard (1996). Hammer, House of Horror: Behind the Screams. Woodstock: Overlook Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780879516529.
- ^ Wilson, Brian (22 March 2007). "Notes on a Radical Tradition: Subversive Ideological Applications in the Hammer Horror Films". CineAction.[dead link]