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Fiend Without a Face
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Overview

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6.1/10   941 votes
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Director:
Arthur Crabtree
Writers:
Herbert J. Leder (screenplay)
Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
December 1958 (UK) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
New Horrors! Mad Science Spawns Evil Fiends! ...Taking form before your horrified eyes!
Plot:
A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant succeeds in creating a new form of life... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
AMC Fearfest '09
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User Comments:
This is 50's sci-fi at its best more (46 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Marshall Thompson ... Major Cummings
Terry Kilburn ... Capt. Chester (as Terence Kilburn)
Michael Balfour ... Serg. Kasper
Gil Winfield ... Dr. Warren
Shane Cordell ... Nurse
Stanley Maxted ... Col. Butler
James Dyrenforth ... Mayor
Kim Parker ... Barbara Griselle
E. Kerrigan Prescott ... Atomic Engineer (as Kerrigan Prescott)
Kynaston Reeves ... Prof. Walgate
Peter Madden ... Dr. Bradley
Meadows White ... Ben Adams (as R. Meadows White)
Lala Lloyd ... Amelia Adams

Robert MacKenzie ... Const. Gibbons
Launce Maraschal ... Melville
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheldon Allan ... Sentry (uncredited)
Alexander Archdale ... Minister (uncredited)
Tom Watson ... Technical sergeant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Arthur Crabtree 
 
Writing credits
Herbert J. Leder (screenplay)

Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)

Produced by
John Croydon .... producer
Richard Gordon .... executive producer (uncredited)
Ronald Kinnoch .... co-producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Buxton Orr 
 
Cinematography by
Lionel Banes (lighting cameraman)
 
Film Editing by
R.Q. McNaughton 
 
Makeup Department
Barbara Barnard .... hairdressing
Jim Hydes .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Douglas Hickox .... assistant director
 
Art Department
John Elphick .... set designer
 
Sound Department
Peter Davies .... sound recordist
Terry Poulton .... dubbing editor
 
Special Effects by
Peter Neilson .... special effects
Karl-Ludwig Ruppel .... special effects (as Ruppel & Nordhoff)
Florenz Von Nordhoff .... special effects (as Ruppel & Nordhoff)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Curtis .... photographer: second unit
Leo Rogers .... camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Duse .... dress supervisor
 
Music Department
Frederick Lewis .... conductor (as Frederic Lewis)
 
Other crew
Hazel Swift .... continuity
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:74 min | UK:75 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | West Germany:18 | USA:Approved | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Sweden:(Banned) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG (re-rating)
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
"Fiend Without a Face" created a public uproar after its premiere at the Ritz Theater in Leicester Square. The British Board of Film Censors has already demanded a number of cuts before granting it the "X" certificate. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Even though it is made clear that the military characters are US Air Force, when the Sergeant (Michael Balfour, a British actor, as were most of the others in the film) reports to Major Jeff Cummings (Marshall Thompson) early in the film, he incorrectly gives the Major a "British" salute, with the palm facing outward. Thompson returns the salute correctly, with the palm facing inward. more
Quotes:
Prof. R. E. Walgate: What have I unleashed? more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Dead End (1985) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
This is 50's sci-fi at its best, 26 August 2001
8/10
Author: larry loc (larryloc) from California

Fiend has everything that a 50's Sci-Fi movie should have; a really square hero that saves the day, a beautiful female lead that falls for him, atomic power misused, and an invisible monster that sucks the brains out of its victums.

It is the stop motion animation at the end when the monster(s) become visible that really makes this film work. Without the animation by Peter Neilson and Ruppell this would be just another 50's atomic caution tale.

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