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The Creature [1955]

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of First Broadcast: 30th January 1955
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 90 mins
Format:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Rudolph Cartier

SCRIPT
Script: Nigel Kneale

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Barry Learoyd

MISCELLANEOUS
Stage Manager: Paddy Russell

LOCATIONS
Locations: Switzerland [film inserts]
Studio: Studio D, BBC Lime Grove, London, UK

CAST
Peter Cushing [Dr John Rollason]
Stanley Baker [Tom Friend]
Eric Pohlmann [Pierre Brosset]
Simon Lack [Andrew McPhee]
Wolfe Morris [Nima Kusang]
Arnold Marlé [The Lama of Rong-ruk Monastery]

SUMMARY

A group of explorers in the Himalayas discover that the legendary Yeti are very real - though they may not quite be what people always believed them to be...

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributor: BBC

TIMELINE

1955
January

Day Unknown: Switzerland - film inserts shot
10: UK - film inserts shot at BBC Lime Grove Studios
30: UK - television broadcast [on BBC]

February
3: UK - television broadcast

LINKS

REMAKE
The Abominable Snowman [1957]

KEYWORDS

abominable snowman; aliens; himalayas; mountains


Last Updated: 1 July, 2007

 


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