B&w movie
— Excavating roundish objects from a spot in town
— At end, town is on fire and people are escaping on bus(?) while devil shadow stands over town laughing
1 Answer
1“Quatermass and the Pit” (1967)
Quotes from the below Wikipedia plot:
“Workers building an extension to the London Underground at Hobbs End dig up a skull.”
“Part of a metallic object is uncovered nearby.”
“The psychic energy intensifies, ripping up streets and buildings, while a spectral image of a Martian resembling the image of the Devil of legend towers above London.”
Detailed Wikipedia plot summary:
IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062168/
You can watch the full movie on the internet here:
If you saw it black-and-white, then it could be the earlier, 1958-1959 B&W TV mini-series version (same story in six 30-minute episodes):
Just a vague lead: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,tv_movie,tv_miniseries&genres=!documentary,!short&plot=excavation&colors=black_and_white&sort=release_date,desc
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