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VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED

1960 • GB HMDB
June 16, 1960

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Directors

Wolf Rilla
Horror Fantascienza

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Cast

George Sanders as Gordon Zellaby

George Sanders

Gordon Zellaby

 Barbara Shelley as Anthea Zellaby

Barbara Shelley

Anthea Zellaby

 Martin Stephens as David Zellaby

Martin Stephens

David Zellaby

 Michael Gwynn as Alan Bernard

Michael Gwynn

Alan Bernard

 Laurence Naismith as Dr. Willers

Laurence Naismith

Dr. Willers

 Richard Warner as Harrington

Richard Warner

Harrington

 Jenny Laird as Mrs. Harrington

Jenny Laird

Mrs. Harrington

Sarah Long

Evelyn Harrington

 Thomas Heathcote as James Pawle

Thomas Heathcote

James Pawle

 Charlotte Mitchell as Janet Pawle

Charlotte Mitchell

Janet Pawle

Pamela Buck

Milly Hughes

 Rosamund Greenwood as Miss Ogle

Rosamund Greenwood

Miss Ogle

Susan Richards

Mrs. Plumpton

 Bernard Archard as Vicar

Bernard Archard

Vicar

 Peter Vaughan as P.C. Gobby

Peter Vaughan

P.C. Gobby

 John Phillips as General Leighton

John Phillips

General Leighton

 Richard Vernon as Edgar Hargraves

Richard Vernon

Edgar Hargraves

 John Stuart as Professor Smith

John Stuart

Professor Smith

Keith Pyott

Dr. Carlisle

Alexander Archdale

Coroner

Crew
Production: Ronald Kinnoch (Producer)
Screenplay: Wolf Rilla (Screenplay) — Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay)
Music: Ron Goodwin (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: Geoffrey Faithfull (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

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After some mysterious events, all the women of a small Scottish village find themselves pregnant. Their children are all extremely precocious and endowed with paranormal powers; it will soon be discovered that it was aliens who impregnated the women. A small black-and-white classic of fantahorror; appreciable above all for the originality of the subject, but partly "spoiled" by a rather slow pace that does not favor the viewer's involvement. Only for genre lovers.

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