The Quatermass Experiment Contact Has Been Established (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 32 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror

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The Quatermass Experiment

Contact Has Been Established (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 32 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror

A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.

Writer

Nigel Kneale

Producer

Rudolph Cartier

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Updated Jul 18, 1953

Release date

Jul 18, 1953 (United Kingdom)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Reginald Tate Professor Bernard Quatermass Professor Bernard Quatermass See fewer	The Inheritance (1947)
Isabel Dean Judith Carroon Judith Carroon See fewer	Sense and Sensibility (1971)
Duncan Lamont Victor Carroon Victor Carroon See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Hugh Kelly John Paterson John Paterson See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Moray Watson Peter Marsh Peter Marsh See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
W. Thorp Deverreux Blaker Blaker See fewer	Cards with Uncle Tom (1959)
Van Boolen Len Matthews Len Matthews See fewer	Return to the Lost Planet (1955)
Iris Ballard Mrs. Matthews Mrs. Matthews See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Eugene Leahy Police Inspector Police Inspector See fewer	Balaclava (1928)
Neil Wilson Policeman Policeman See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Colyn Davies Fireman Fireman See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Katie Johnson Miss Wilde Miss Wilde See fewer	The Ladykillers (1955)
Oliver Johnston News Editor News Editor See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Paul Whitsun-Jones James Fullalove James Fullalove See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Patrick Westwood First Reporter First Reporter See fewer	The Crime of the Century (1956)
Dominic Le Foe Second Reporter Second Reporter See fewer	The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Nicholas Bruce BBC Newsreader BBC Newsreader See fewer	Othello (1951)
Pat McGrath BBC Interviewer BBC Interviewer See fewer	The Halfway House (1944)
MacGregor Urquhart Sandwichman Sandwichman See fewer	Midshipman Barney (1951)
Dennis Wyndham Reveller Reveller See fewer	Juno and the Paycock (1929)
Gordon Jackson Television Director Television Director See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Aubrey Danvers-Walker Photographer (uncredited) Photographer (uncredited) See fewer	Canterbury Tales (1969)
Judith Horn Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer	The Silver Sword (1957)
Stuart Mortimer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Narrator (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Paddy Russell Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Nickola Sterne Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer	Quatermass II (1955)
S.M. Wood Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) Crash Site Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer