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THE DAMNED (1963) aka THESE ARE THE DAMNED

Run Time: 1:27:00
Producer: Hammer Film
Director: Joseph Losey
Key Cast: Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Oliver Reed

FILM MAKERS

The Damned (released as These Are the Damned in the United States) is a British science fiction horror film, and a delightful bit of Cold War cynicism, following a small group of radioactive children being raised by the British government to repopulate a future post-nuclear Earth. based on H.L. Lawrence’s 1960 novel The Children of Light.

Note: The English Punk Gothic band, The Damned took their name from the film.

SUMMARY

An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.

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H.L. Lawrence The Children of Light.

 

 

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