Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

Searing Terror! Burning In Its Intensity!

1967•1h 34m•5.3/10

Science FictionHorrorThriller

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5.3/10(59)

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.

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Production

Planet Film Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Godfrey Hanson

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Jeff Callum

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Dr. Vernon Stone

Jane Merrow

Jane Merrow

Angela Roberts

Sarah Lawson

Sarah Lawson

Frankie Callum

William Lucas

William Lucas

Ken Stanley

Kenneth Cope

Kenneth Cope

Tinker Mason

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Gerald Foster

Thomas Heathcote

Thomas Heathcote

Bob Hayward

Anna Turner

Stella Hayward

Jack Bligh

Ben Siddle

Sydney Bromley

Old Tramp

Barry Halliday

Radar Operator

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