Village of the Damned (1960)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 17min
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 07 Dec 1960 (USA)
- Movie
- 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
George Sanders | ... |
Gordon Zellaby
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Barbara Shelley | ... |
Anthea Zellaby
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Martin Stephens | ... |
David Zellaby
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Michael Gwynn | ... |
Alan Bernard
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Laurence Naismith | ... |
Doctor Willers
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Richard Warner | ... |
Harrington
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Jenny Laird | ... |
Mrs. Harrington
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Sarah Long | ... |
Evelyn Harrington
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Thomas Heathcote | ... |
James Pawle
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Charlotte Mitchell | ... |
Janet Pawle
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Pamela Buck | ... |
Milly Hughes
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Rosamund Greenwood | ... |
Miss Ogle
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Susan Richards | ... |
Mrs. Plumpton
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Bernard Archard | ... |
Vicar
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Peter Vaughan | ... |
P.C. Gobby
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John Phillips | ... |
General Leighton
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Richard Vernon | ... |
Sir Edgar Hargraves
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John Stuart | ... |
Professor Smith
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Keith Pyott | ... |
Dr. Carlisle
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Alexander Archdale | ... |
The Coroner
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Sheila Robins | ... |
Nurse
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Tom Bowman | ... |
Pilot
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Anthony Harrison | ... |
Lieutenant
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Diane Aubrey | ... |
W.R.A.C. Secretary
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Gerald Paris | ... |
Sapper
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Bruno | ... |
The Dog
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June Cowell | ... |
Alien Child
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Linda Bateson | ... |
Alien Child
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John Kelly | ... |
Alien Child
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Carlo Cura | ... |
Alien Child
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Lesley Scoble | ... |
Alien Child
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Mark Mileham | ... |
Alien Child
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Roger Malik | ... |
Alien Child
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Elizabeth Munden | ... |
Alien Child
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Teri Scoble | ... |
Alien Child
(as Theresa Scoble)
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Peter Preidel | ... |
Alien Child
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Peter Taylor | ... |
Alien Child
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Howard Knight | ... |
Alien Child
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Brian Smith | ... |
Village Child
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Janice Hawley | ... |
Village Child
(as Janice Howley)
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Paul Norman | ... |
Village Child
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Robert Marks | ... |
Village Child
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John Bush | ... |
Village Child
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Billy Lawrence | ... |
Village Child
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
John Adams | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Chris Adcock | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Jack Armstrong | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Barbara Bennett | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Wallace Bosco | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Ted Carroll | ... |
Villager at Inquest (uncredited)
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Kim Clarke Champniss | ... |
Infant David Zellaby (uncredited)
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Dan Cressey | ... |
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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George Curtis | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Joe Dunne | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Helen Ford | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Denis Gilmore | ... |
Keith's Older Brother (uncredited)
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Pat Hagan | ... |
Member of Civil Defence (uncredited)
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Aidan Harrington | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Philip Johns | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Mary Maxfield | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Colin McKenzie | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Pat Meehan | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Clive Powell | ... |
David Zellaby as a Toddler (uncredited)
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Bill Reed | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Arnold Schulkes | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Jack Silk | ... |
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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John Timberlake | ... |
Landlord (uncredited)
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Jim Tyson | ... |
Villager at Inquest (uncredited)
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June West | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Directed by
Wolf Rilla |
Written by
Stirling Silliphant | ... | (screenplay) & |
Wolf Rilla | ... | (screenplay) & |
Ronald Kinnoch | ... | (screenplay) (as George Barclay) |
John Wyndham | ... | (novel "The Midwich Cuckoos") |
Produced by
Ronald Kinnoch | ... | producer |
Music by
Ron Goodwin |
Cinematography by
Geoffrey Faithfull | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
Gordon Hales |
Casting By
Irene Howard | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Ivan King |
Makeup Department
Eric Aylott | ... | makeup artist |
Joan Johnstone | ... | hairdresser |
Production Management
Denis Johnson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Middlemas | ... | assistant director |
Michael Stevenson | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Gordon Daniel | ... | dubbing editor |
J.B. Smith | ... | dubbing mixer |
Cyril Swern | ... | sound recordist |
A.W. Watkins | ... | recording supervisor |
Visual Effects by
Tom Howard | ... | photographic effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Drake | ... | camera operator |
Gerald Moss | ... | photographer: second unit |
Dennis Fraser | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eileen Sullivan | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Music Department
Ron Goodwin | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Lee Turner | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
Eddie Frewin | ... | driver: generator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1960) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1961) (India) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A/B (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
- TF1 (1975) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2004) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Archive Collection (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (United States) (laserdisc)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In the small English village of Midwich everybody and everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want to do.
Written by Leon Wolters |
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Taglines | What Demonic Force Lurks Behind Those Eyes? See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $200,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Based on the John Wyndham novel, "The Midwich Cuckoos". The title refers to the fact that when cuckoo birds lay eggs, they deposit them in the nests of other (unsuspecting) birds, who then raise the cuckoo chicks as their own. Compounding the insidious nature of this process, the cuckoo chicks often kill their nestmates in competition for food and parental attention. See more » |
Goofs | An abdominal X-ray is displayed which supposedly shows the fetus of a pregnant woman. Not only is there no fetus, the X-ray isn't even that of a woman, as the pelvis is obviously that of a man. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). See more » |
Quotes |
[last lines]
Gordon Zellaby: [voice over] A brick wall... a brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... a brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... a brick wall... brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... It's almost half past eight... brick wall... only a few seconds more... brick wall... brick wall... brick wall... nearly over... a brick wall... See more » |