Quatermass and the Pit

Trivia: The actor who plays the Abbey Librarian in the film is played by Noel Howlett, however the same actor appeared under the name of Arthur Howlett as the church minister in the original 1957 BBC television version, that was filmed in black and white.

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Trivia: The workman who digs through the wall of clay to reveal the skeletons was played by an uncredited Gareth Thomas, who went onto play the lead of Roj Blake in the BBC Sci-Fi series Blake's Seven. (00:02:00)

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: The martians that were pulled out of the spaceship had compound eyes much like a fly. However, the lifeforce of the martian over London, had cross-eyed pupils.

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Quotes

Professor Bernard Quatermass: These shapes, suggests some sort of... apparatus... instruments.
Col. Breen: Your imagination is running wild.
Professor Bernard Quatermass: Isn't yours?
Col. Breen: What?

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