The Abominable Snowman (1957)

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Country: UK
Genres: Adventure, Horror
Release: 1957-10-19
Director: Val Guest
Writers: Nigel Kneale
Language: English
Stars: Forrest Tucker , Peter Cushing (1913–1994) , Maureen Connell , Richard Wattis , Robert Brown , Michael Brill , Wolfe Morris , Arnold Marlé , Anthony Chinn , Jack Easton
Runtime: 85 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Adambarfi-ye NefratAngiz (Iran) , Le redoutable homme des neiges (Canada) , El monstruo del Himalaya (Argentina) , El monstruo del Himalaya (Mexico) , Ο χιονάνθρωπος των Ιμαλαΐων (Greece) , The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (India) , Abominabilul om al zăpezii (Romania) , Odrażający człowiek śniegu (Poland) , El abominable hombre de las nieves (Spain) , The Abominable Snowman (United States of America) , Il mostruoso uomo delle nevi (Italy) , Sneeuwmannen van de Himalaya (Netherlands the) , Snömannen (Sweden) , Das Geheimnis des Himalaya (Austria) , 恐怖の雪男 (Japan) , Снежный человек , The Snow Creature (United Kingdom) , The Abominable Snowman (Canada) , O hionanthropos ton imalaion (Greece) , The Abominable Snowman , Le Redoutable Homme des neiges (France, French Republic) , Lumihirviö (Finland) , Le redoutable homme des neiges de l'Himalaya (Canada) , O Monstro do Himalaia (Brazil) , Snömonstret (Finland) , El abominable hombre de las nieves (Venezuela) , The Abominable Snowman (United Kingdom) , O Abominável Homem da Neve (Brazil) , O Abominável Homem das Neves (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Yeti, der Schneemensch , Förtelmes havasi ember (Hungary) , The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (United Kingdom)
Plot: At a remote lamasery in the Himalayas, scientist John Rollason studies rare mountain herbs with the help of his wife Helen, and associate Peter, while awaiting the arrival of an American named Tom Friend. Over Helen's objections and warnings by the High Lama, he sets out with Friend on an expedition to find the elusive Yeti, accompanied by another American named Shelley and a young Scotsman, McNee, who claims to have seen the thing. Footprints are found in the snows and McNee seems queerly affected the closer they get to their quarry's likely habitat but the biggest shock to Rollason is discovering Friend is a showman who only intends to exploit their find, with Shelley his game hunter/marksman. The conflict between science and commercialism only increases when an enormous anthropoid is shot, and the horror only increases as the party realizes the other Yeti intend to retrieve their fallen comrade and have powers to do so which seem extra-human.
IMDB:tt0050095