---
title: 'The Damned (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Losey'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-damned-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056576/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Damned (1961)

1961 · 91 min · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Damned is a 1962 British science-fiction horror film directed by Joseph Losey and produced by Anthony Hinds for Hammer Film Productions. It stars Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Oliver Reed, and Alexander Knox. The screenplay by Evan Jones is based on H. L. Lawrence's 1960 novel The Children of Light. The plot is about a vacationing American (Carey) who stumbles across a mysterious group of children who reside in an underground compound in Dorset, that are monitored constantly by military scientists.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Screenplay:** [Evan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/evan-jones)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bernard)
- **Producer:** [Michael Carreras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-carreras), [Anthony Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hinds), [Anthony Nelson Keys](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-nelson-keys)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-grant)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Macdonald Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/macdonald-carey)
- [Larry Martyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-martyn)
- [James Villiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-villiers)
- [Kenneth Cope](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-cope)
- [Alexander Knox](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-knox)
- [Viveca Lindfors](https://cinepixo.com/people/viveca-lindfors)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)
- [Oliver Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-reed)
- [Shirley Anne Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-anne-field)
- [Barbara Everest](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-everest)

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