Panned for being a little too ponderous and unexciting, this Nigel Kneale (Quatermass) scripted creature feature still manages to convey a taut, paranoid atmosphere, despite its obvious limitations. Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing team up to embark upon a search for the title character. It is an intelligent but commonplace adventure thriller, with the Yeti little more than background figures. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and directed by Val Guest. Nigel Kneale based the script on his BBC teleplay, "The Creature". The musical score was provided by Humphrey Searle, his only score for Hammer and was inspired by Scott of The Antarctic (1948).
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