Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed ...( see more  see more... ) , Walter Gotell

Legal and illegal criminality. An American tourist with a boat is robbed by a gang of teenager boys, assisted by the leader's sister. But soon afterward she jumps to the victim's boat to escape her br...( read more  read more... )other's incestuous jealousy. The couple fly together and is hunted by the entire gang. Both happen to enter high-classified military territory. There might be a third and atomic world war, after which no ordinary man could survive. But now and then children are born who are "naturally" radio-active and have cold blood. They might survive in the post-war world and carry on mankind. They are fetched and brought to an underground construction where they are educated by TV. They are told that they are on a space ship moving toward the earth, which they should eventually colonize. This military project seems to be a failure because of a high mortality among the children. - The military soon finds the gang. The couple finds the children and tries to help them to escape. This situation will develop into psychological and other horror.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Joseph Losey

Release Date: May 19, 1963

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DVD Release Date: July 7, 1965

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  • October 23, 2009
    Considered a bit of an oddity in Joseph Losey's filmography. Made for Hammer studios, at times it feels like you are watching two films at once, a juvenile delinquent film and a Cold War Sci-Fi. The fact that it feels so disjointed is the main reason why it doesn't quite work. A ...( read more)memorable performance from a young Oliver Reed however, as the head of a biker gang, is worth mentioning. Plus it has one hell of a catchy theme song.
  • October 23, 2009
    wow what a good movie 2 watch...i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that macdonald carey, shirley anne field, viveca lindfors, alexandra knox, oliver ree...( read more)d, walter gotell play good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that the director of this sci-fi/thriller/black and white/classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...i think that this is a good thriller/chiller movie 2 watch its a classic 1960's movie n its really enjoyable movie 2 watch
  • October 17, 2009
    I was disappointed with The Damned,it takes what seems like forever for the main storyline to get going because time is wasted on sub-plots that are pretty pointless. No scares or tension,no horror and the sci-fi feature is lame. It was almost like 2 movies had been edited togeth...( read more)er by accident,one the tale of a violent gang whose ringleader wants to shag his sister and the other story a mad scientist experimenting on children,the two together just did not work.
  • February 4, 2009
    A cult movie. Director Joseph Losey at his best (and this is one of my favorite b&w Hammer movies). Here it's a sense of death, a dark mood. Everybody who discover the truth they have to die. And the truth it's that military and politicics they have a secret project: a new race...( read more) of mutants. The Children of the Radiations. A sick, great movie.

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