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Village of the Damned is a British film of genre Drama directed by Wolf Rilla released in USA on 7 december 1960 with George Sanders

Village of the Damned (1960)

Village of the Damned
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Released in USA 7 december 1960
Length 1h17
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Fantastic,    Horror
Rating72% 3.648363.648363.648363.648363.64836

Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction film by German director Wolf Rilla. The film is adapted from the novel The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) by John Wyndham. The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby was played by George Sanders.

A sequel, Children of the Damned (1963), followed, as did a remake, also called Village of the Damned (1995).

Synopsis

The inhabitants of the British village of Midwich suddenly fall unconscious, as does anyone entering the village. The military establishes a cordon around Midwich and sends in a man wearing a gas mask, but he, too, falls unconscious and is pulled back with rope. The man awakens and reports experiencing a cold sensation just before passing out. The pilot of a military reconnaissance plane is contacted and asked to investigate. When he flies below 5,000 feet, he loses consciousness and the plane crashes. A five-mile exclusion zone around the village is established for all aircraft. The villagers regain consciousness and apparently are unaffected.

Actors

George Sanders

(Gordon Zellaby)Barbara Shelley

(Anthea Zellaby)Martin Stephens

(David Zellaby)Laurence Naismith

(Dr. Willers)Jenny Laird

(Mrs. Harrington)
And :
Richard Warner
Thomas Heathcote
Charlotte Mitchell
Rosamund Greenwood
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