These Are The Damned (1963)

An American tourist (Macdonald Carey, vapid as ever) on vacation in the oceanside town of Weymouth in England tries to pick up a young girl (the undervalued Shirley Anne Field) who is really a decoy for her brother (Oliver Reed) and his "Teddy Boys" and is beaten and robbed. Meanwhile, a sculptress (Viveca Lindfors) drives down from London to visit her lover (Alexander Knox) who is running a top secret installation surrounded by electric barb wire fences. What dark secret Knox is hiding and how Carey, Field, Lindfors and Reed become involved comprises the bulk of the film. Based on the novel CHILDREN OF LIGHT by H.L. Lawrence and directed by Joseph Losey. This is one of the darkest, bleakest yet compelling science fiction films ever made. THESE ARE THE DAMNED is an intelligent, provocative example of a "thinking man's" sci-fi. So unique that although made in 1961, the film's producer's chopped it up (some versions have had as much as 18 minutes cut out) and didn't release it for two years. Sharply photographed in B&W wide screen by Arthur Grant. I don't want to oversell it but it's a real jewel not to be missed. With Walter Gotell, James Villiers and Nicholas Clay.