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X: The Unknown (1956) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1956 · 81 mins · English
- Directed by
- Leslie Norman
- Starring
- Leo McKern, Anthony Newley, Ian MacNaughton, Michael Ripper, Dean Jagger, Anthony Sagar
An army radiation experiment awakens a monster that rises from 2,000 miles below Earth, feeding on energy and melting everything in its path. The creature terrorizes a remote Scottish village. A nuclear‑plant researcher and a British investigator join to explain the radioactive burns and a series of radiation incidents spreading from the fissure.
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