| The Abominable Snowman | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Abominable Snowman |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | Val Guest |
| Written by: | Nigel Kneale |
| Produced by: | Michael Carreras; Aubrey Baring; Anthony Nelson-Keys |
| Music by: | Humphrey Searle; John Hollingsworth |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Grant |
| Edited by: | Bill Lenny |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Hammer Film Productions |
| Released: | August 26th, 1957 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
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The Abominable Snowman is a British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. Released in the UK on August 26th, 1957, it was directed by Val Guest based on a television serial called The Creature written by Nigel Kneale. The film revolves around an English botanist named Doctor John Rollason (played by Peter Cushing) who leads an expedition to the Himalayan mountains on a search for the legendary creature known as the Abominable Snowman.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Forrest Tucker | Tom Friend |
| Peter Cushing | Doctor John Rollason |
| Maureen Connell | Helen Rollason |
| Richard Wattis | Peter Fox |
| Robert Brown | Ed Shelley |
| Michael Brill | Andrew McNee |
| Wolfe Morris | Kusang |
| Arnold Marlé | Lhama |
| Anthony Chin | Majordomo |
Notes[]
- The Abominable Snowman was released theatrically in the United States in October, 1957 more than a month after it's UK release.
- Filmed at Bray Studios in Berkshire, England with additional studio sequences filmed at Pinewood Studios.
- Filmed in "Hammerscope", anamorphic widescreen.
- The UK version of the film had a running time of 91 min. The USA release was 85 min.
- The Yetis spoken of in this film are barely seen at all and are only presented at the very end.
- Fred Johnson and John Rae are uncredited in this feature.
- This is Val Guest's twenty-fourth film as a director. It is his first work in the horror genre.
Recommendations[]
Hammer Horror
External Links[]
- The Abominable Snowman at AMG
- The Abominable Snowman at IMDB
- The Abominable Snowman at Wikipedia
- The Abominable Snowman at Themoviedb.org
Keywords[]
Avalanches; Botany; Dalai Lama; Falling from a great height; Flare; Gunshot victims; Himalayas; Monastery; Mountain climbing; Pipe; Pistol; Radio; Rifle; Scientist; Sherpa; Telepathy; Tibet; Yetis