259 Quatermass and the Pit ( 1967 )

Hammer  returned  to  the  Quatermass  serials  for  this  third  adaptation, this  time  in  colour. It  takes  a  while  to  get  going  but  builds  steadily  to  an  exciting  climax. Andrew  Keir  replaced  Brian  Donlevy  in  the  title  role.

Quatermass  is  unwillingly  assigned  the  pigheaded  Colonel  Breen  ( Julian  Glover )  to  his  Rocket  Group  and  they  are  on  the  way  to  dinner  when  called  to  investigate  what  is  assumed  to  be  an  unexploded  bomb  at  an  archaeological  dig   at  a   tube  station  led  by  Professor  Roney  ( James  Donald ). It  slowly  becomes  clear  that  it  is  actually  a  Martian  spaceship  and  has  been  there  since  prehistoric  times. The  aliens  inside  it  are  dead  but  the  ship  itself  is  not.

Barbara  Shelley  ( as  Barbara  Judd ) 

Sex : No

Death : Survives

This  was  Barbara's  last  picture  for  Hammer.

Sheila  Steafel ( as  female  journalist )

Sex : No

Death : Survives

Sheila  was  born  in  South  Africa. She  had  had  regular  parts  on  TV  since  the  late  fifties  and  was  recently  divorced  from  Harry  H  Corbett  when  she  made  this. Her  forte  is  comedy. She  is  still  working  at  82.