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Five Million Years to Earth (20th Century Fox, 1967). One Sheet ...


Five Million Years to Earth is in my pantheon of all-time fave films. It always delivers when I see it and I've seen many many times. Getting hold of a copy of his Hammer offering has proven difficult over the years for some reason but I recently got hold of the Blu-Ray and am positively chuffed to have it at my beck and call. Andrew Keir is outstanding as the always-grumpy Professor Quatermass and Barbara Shelley makes me tingle, she's so sexy. It's a great scary story well told and a movie fan can ask no more. 

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  1. Colin JonesJuly 27, 2020 at 8:30 AM

    The original British title was Quatermass And The Pit (I suppose you already knew that).

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    1. Rip JaggerJuly 27, 2020 at 10:34 AM

      Yep. Getting hold of a copy was a real treat. I've recently gotten rid of my cable TV and seeing on TCM was my only way until now.

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    2. The ShadowJuly 27, 2020 at 6:48 PM

      Have you seen the original TV series? There were four Quatermass series, three from the 1950's and a rather bad revivalthe the 1980's.

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    3. Rip JaggerJuly 29, 2020 at 1:54 AM

      Yes indeed and enjoy them mightily. Love to dig the old BBC shows out about once a year or so. I wish the first one still existed.

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