Production
The film was originally intended by Hammer to be a sequel to the previous year's successful The Quatermass Xperiment, but writer Nigel Kneale refused permission for the character of Bernard Quatermass to be used.
The film starred Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman and Leo McKern. It was written by Jimmy Sangster, and was originally to have been directed by Joseph Losey (working under the name Joseph Walton). Losey was an American director who had moved to the UK after being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. Although Losey did begin shooting the film and some of his footage is included in the final cut, when Dean Jagger arrived on set the star refused to work with a suspected Communist sympathiser. Losey was replaced by Leslie Norman, officially for health reasons.
Half the film's budget was provided by Sol Lesser of RKO Pictures. This amount, $30,000, went on the fee for Dean Jagger.
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