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X: The Unknown (1956)

Film · 1956 · 81 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Mystery

It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

Directed by Leslie Norman

Starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, William Lucas, Edward Chapman, John Harvey, Michael Ripper, Anthony Newley, Ian MacNaughton

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In cinemas1 May 1957
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First release anywhere21 September 1956

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