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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1967 DVD Release: 10/21/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 14 Genres: Science Fiction, Alien Film, Sci-Fi Horror

Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, released in the US as Five Million Years to Earth, was the third and (until 1979's Quatermass Conclusion) last. As in previous chapters in the Kneale saga, the film begins with a baffling scientific discovery. This time it's a bunch of prehistoric skulls, discovered during a subway excavation in the heart of London. Sequestered in a lab, the skulls start to emanate a bizarre force over the populace, resulting in death and destruction. Professor Quatermass (Andrew Keir) concludes that the skulls are the residue of an extraterrestrial invading army -- a theory which (as usual) is scoffed at by the authorities until it's almost too late. Blessed with superb special effects and an expertly sustained tension level, Quatermass and the Pit is easily the best of the short-lived "Quatermass" series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

James Donald - Dr. Matthew Roney
Andrew Keir - Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Barbara Shelley - Barbara Judd
Julian Glover - Col. Breen
Maurice Good - Sgt. Cleghorn

An ominous prehistoric secret uncovered in a London subway haunts an anthropologist, his assistant, and a space expert in this suspenseful sci-fi fantasy from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Presented in the original 1.66:1 widescreen theatrical aspect ratio and featuring an English Dolby Digital Stereo 5.1 soundtrack, this release offers no subtitles but some exciting extra features for fans of the series. An audio commentary by director Roy Ward Baker and writer Nigel Kneale begins the extras, which are rounded out by U.K. and U.S. trailers, TV spots, and an exclusive "sci-fi" episode of The World of Hammer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide