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While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.
Percy Herbert
- Gerald Foster
- (as Percy Hurbert)
Thomas Heathcote
- Bob Hayward
- (as Tom Heathcote)
Sydney Bromley
- Old Tramp
- (as Sidney Bromley)
Jack Hetherington
- Man Buying Pint in Pub
- (uncredited)
Charles Rayford
- Card Player in Pub
- (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
- Card Player in Pub
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaAccording to Sir Christopher Lee, this movie, dealing with an uncommon heat wave, was shot in the middle of winter. The actors and actresses not only had to be covered with glycerin to create the illusion of heavy sweat, but also suffered from wearing very light clothes in a freezing season.
- GoofsHanson, a Scientist, observes that The Earth will become a planet like many "others in the Constellation". In fact, a Constellation is a group of stars, not planets.
- Quotes
Godfrey Hanson: I have been convinced that this island has become the center of an invasion, the central landing point for beings from another planet.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: Night of the Big Heat (1970)
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Enough criticism already....OK, the film has a few little problems!
STILL you have the chance to see Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing together doing their respective things, and I for one value that above production quality, fx realism and other budgetry constraints. So what if the aliens ultimately look like fried eggs? and besides, they don't! Try mutated snails with an ammonite heritage? Its a Terence Fisher flick - perhaps not his best...its still way better than I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER...and PEARL HARBOR, come to that! I have a copy of this old faithful (known by the more widespread and infinitely better title of NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT)and every now and then out she comes for another beloved squiz!
Continuity not the best for your tastes? Tad low on the production budget you think? Chris Lee just too insular and condescending by your standards? Boring love triangle? Well guys, I got a suggestion. DON'T WATCH THE DAMN THING - go rent 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU! (actually, I quite LIKED that too!)
Yeah NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT isn't "Amicus" or "Hammer" at its peak, but it is STILL a worhwhile piece of british scifi from the 60's! Live with it!
Continuity not the best for your tastes? Tad low on the production budget you think? Chris Lee just too insular and condescending by your standards? Boring love triangle? Well guys, I got a suggestion. DON'T WATCH THE DAMN THING - go rent 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU! (actually, I quite LIKED that too!)
Yeah NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT isn't "Amicus" or "Hammer" at its peak, but it is STILL a worhwhile piece of british scifi from the 60's! Live with it!
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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