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The Damned

Sci-fi thriller starring MacDonald Carey. Two lovers on the run discover a group of abandoned children, who become their surrogate family. However, the children hide a grim secret.

A chilling comment on the nuclear age, which descends into a manic world of surrealism and science fiction. An American visiting England falls in love with the sister of a sadistic motorbike gang leader, who drives them away with his threats. The pair retreat to a hideaway in a dank cave beneath a military base, where a group of strange, abandoned children become their surrogate family. However, the children hide a grim and fatal secret.

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Sat 19 Feb 201101:35
BBC Two

Credits

Simon WellsMacdonald Carey
JoanShirley Anne Field
KingOliver Reed
BernardAlexander Knox
Freya NeilsonViveca Lindfors
Captain GregoryJames Villiers
SidKenneth Cope
Mr DingleBrian Oulton
DirectorJoseph Losey
ProducerAnthony Hinds

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Aug 200723:30
    BBC Two except East, Wales & Yorkshire
  • Sat 17 Oct 200902:10
    BBC Two England, Northern Ireland & Wales only
  • Sat 19 Feb 201101:35
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire