---
title: 'Village of the Damned (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolf Rilla'
released: '1960-06-16'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/village-of-the-damned-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054443/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Village of the Damned (1960)

1960 · 77 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Village of the Damned is a 1960 science fiction horror film by Anglo-German director Wolf Rilla. The film is adapted from the novel The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) by John Wyndham. The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby is played by George Sanders.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolf Rilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-rilla)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolf Rilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-rilla), [Stirling Silliphant](https://cinepixo.com/people/stirling-silliphant), [Ronald Kinnoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-kinnoch)
- **Producer:** [Ronald Kinnoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-kinnoch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-goodwin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Geoffrey Faithfull](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-faithfull)
- **Editor:** [Gordon Hales](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-hales)

## Cast

- [Richard Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-warner)
- [Michael Gwynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gwynn)
- [Bernard Archard](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-archard)
- [Rosamund Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosamund-greenwood)
- [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith)
- [Charlotte Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-mitchell)
- [Martin Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-stephens)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders)
- [Barbara Shelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-shelley)
- [Peter Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vaughan)
- [John Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-phillips)

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