The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Practical Effects
Grotesque fish-man makeup that still slaps five decades later.
Direction
Sasdy squeezing genuine dread from foggy docks and hostile locals.
Director
Peter Sasdy
Ian Bannen
Dr. Shaw
Judy Geeson
Victoria Brown
John Paul
Dr. Quist
George Sanders
The Admiral
Simon Oates
Dr. Ridge
Jean Trend
Dr. Fay Chantry
Percy Herbert
Hartwell
Shelagh Fraser
Mrs. Betty Straker
Geoffrey Keen
Sir Henry Leyton
Joseph O'Conor
Vicar
Norman Bird
Brewer
Constance Chapman
Miss Johnson
Michael Brennan
Tom Straker
James Cosmo
Bob Gillette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spun off from a BBC series that actually influenced real UK environmental policy — rare case where TV sci-fi had legislative teeth.
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