'Doomwatch' by John Howlett and Ian McDonald

A remote island village... A team of intrepid scientists... A terrifying secret...

When grossly oversized fish are caught by fishermen off the shore of Balfe, a remote and isolated island, the governmental watchdog agency known as Doomwatch is called in to investigate. Doctor Del Shaw finds that the village community is exhibiting higher than average incidents of a horrifically disfiguring condition known as acromegaly, and he soon discovers that the condition is being caused by the military illegally dumping chemicals in the surrounding waters of the island, turning the people who eat the fish caught in these waters into cannibalistic mutants…


Ian Bannen (Doctor Del Shaw), Judy Geeson (Victoria Brown), John Paul (Doctor Quist), Simon Oates (Doctor Ridge), Jean Trend (Doctor Fay Chantry), Joby Blanshard (Bradley), George Sanders (The Admiral), Percy Herbert (Hartwell), Shelagh Fraser (Mrs Straker), Geoffrey Keen (Sir Henry Layton), Joseph O'Conor (Vicar), Norman Bird (Brewer), Constance Chapman (Miss Johnson), Michael Brennan (Tom Straker), James Cosmo (Bob Gillette), Cyril Cross (George), Geoff L'Cise (Don), George Woodbridge (Ferry Skipper), Jerome Willis (Lieutenant Commander Tavenar), Jeremy Child (David Broome), Brian Anthony (Brian Murray), Rita Davies (Mrs Murray), Walter Turner (Mr Murray), Paddy Ryan (Grandfather Murray), Reg Lever (Sam), James Mellor (First Man), Eamonn Boyce (Second Man), Paul Humpoletz (Third Man), Pam St. Clement (Young Woman), Katherine Parr (Middle-Aged Woman)

Directed by Peter Sasdy
Produced by Tony Tenser

Made by Tigon British Film Productions Ltd

Released:
1972

Rated:
X

Running Time:
92 minutes

Notes:
*Featuring Doctor Spencer Quist, Doctor John Ridge, Colin Bradley and Doctor Fay Chantry, and introducing Doctor Del Shaw