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Things to Come

"The future is here!"

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Top Cast

  • Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

  • Edward Chapman

    Edward Chapman

    Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy

  • Ralph Richardson

    Ralph Richardson

    The Boss

  • Margaretta Scott

    Margaretta Scott

    Roxana / Rowena

  • Cedric Hardwicke

    Cedric Hardwicke

    Theotocopulos

  • Maurice Braddell

    Maurice Braddell

    Dr. Harding

  • Sophie Stewart

    Sophie Stewart

    Mrs. Cabal

  • Derrick De Marney

    Derrick De Marney

    Richard Gordon

  • Ann Todd

    Ann Todd

    Mary Gordon

Overview

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Rating

6.5 / 10
220 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 19, 2022

    This is a rather fanciful adaptation of the HG Wells tale. Mankind is all but obliterated by war; reduced to tribal existences - under the overly theatrical leadership of Ralph Richardson and Margaretta Scott - fighting plague, tyranny and the elements. Then they encounter Daniel Massey ("John Cabal") who helps reconcile and rebuild society to an almost Utopian level. It manages to intertwine megalomania with human aspiration; an overpoweringly rousing score and some truly Shakesperian style soliloquy. It comes to force a future upon us that is eerily portentous of an Orwellian style dictatorship; of interstellar exploration to spread our plague of self-destructive ambition to other worlds - and all, broadly speaking with the consent of the masses. Sadly, i saw a colourised version which robbed this film of almost every element of potency; indeed it rendered it little better than a very poor cartoon. It's still just about worth watching; but Massey is no Olivier and I found it all rather preposterous.

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