X The Unknown

Date: 1956
Director: Leslie Norman
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions

Stars: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley
Location(s): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Outer Hebrides

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

The army attracts a radioactive creature that terrorises a Scottish village.

Additional Information:

Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson

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Anthony Newley as Lance Corporal "Spider" Webb uses a Geiger counter during an army training session. IMDB claims Beaconsfield Gravel Pits, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

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The Atomic Energy establishment at fictional Lochmouth. Unidentified location.

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  • 07 Oct 2014

Dr. Adam Royston visits a local church to question Ian about his friend who has suffered radiation burns. Peter Faizey noticed that the shot is lifted from 'Whisky Galore' and is Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra, Scotland.

Here's the same view now, found by John Owens for 'Whisky Galore'. Image copyright Google Streetview.

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Dr. Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) investigates an old tower where Ian and his friend Willie were scared by a 'creature'. Unknown location.

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Likely to be a shot inside the studios but included to show John Elliott (Edward Chapman), Inspector "Mac" McGill (Leo McKern) and Peter Elliott (William Lucas) talking with Dr. Royston.

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  • 04 Feb 2019

The villagers take shelter in the church as the 'creature' approaches. Peter Faizey identifies this as St. Michael's Church in Bray, Berkshire.

. . . and Antony Blair provides the proof.

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  • 04 Feb 2019

Two villagers run into the church after rescuing a child from the path of the 'creature'. St Michael's Church, Bray seen from the Vicarage Drive aspect located by Peter Faizey. The church also appears in 'Paranoiac', 'Four Sided Triangle' and 'There's a Girl in My Soup'.

Another confirmation from Antony.