Village of the Damned (1960 film)

See also: Village of the Damned (1995 film)

Village of the Damned
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed byWolf Rilla
Screenplay by
Based onThe Midwich Cuckoos
(1957 novel)
by John Wyndham
Produced byRonald Kinnoch
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byRon Goodwin
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's[1]
Release date
  • 7 December 1960 (1960-12-07) (LA & NYC)
Running time
77–78 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$320,000[2]
Box office$2,175,000[2]

Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction horror film by Anglo-German director Wolf Rilla. The film is adapted from the novel The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) by John Wyndham.[3][4] The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby is played by George Sanders.[5]

A sequel, Children of the Damned (1964), followed, as did a remake, also called Village of the Damned (1995).[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e Village of the Damned at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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  3. ^ "Village of the Damned". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
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