TV Movie ·Science Fiction · United Kingdom · 1966 · 50m

The Machine Stops

Director

Cast

Yvonne Mitchell as Vashti Michael Gothard as Kuno Niké Arrighi as Airship Attendant Jonathan Hansen as Airship Passenger Jane Jordan Rogers as Friend (voice) Lucy Hill as Girl

Crew

Les Newman — Editor Brian Hodgson — Original Music Composer E.M. Forster — Story Irene Shubik — Producer

Synopsis

The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then?

Key Collaborators

Philip Saville Director Les Newman Editor Brian Hodgson Original Music Composer E.M. Forster Story Irene Shubik Producer

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