# Movie where they r excavating in a town

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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

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/movie-where-they-r-excavating-in-a-town/9464/2 "2026-09-10T14:26:15Z")

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“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 Devi** l of legend towers above London.”

Detailed Wikipedia plot summary:

> **[Quatermass and the Pit (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_Pit_(film))**
>
> Quatermass and the Pit (released as Five Million Years to Earth in the United States) is a 1967 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions. It is a sequel to the earlier Hammer films The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2. Like its predecessors, it is based on a BBC Television serial, in this case Quatermass and the Pit, written by Nigel Kneale. It is directed by Roy Ward Baker and stars Andrew Keir in the title role as Professor Bernard Quatermass, replacing Bri The st...

IMDB:

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062168/](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):

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051305/?ref\_=ttep\_ov\_bk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051305/?ref_=ttep_ov_bk)