Night of the Big Heat
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United Kingdom · 1967
1h 34m
Director Terence Fisher
Starring Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing, Jane Merrow
Genre Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
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