Night of the Big Heat (film)

Night of the Big Heat
Italian theatrical poster
Directed by	Terence Fisher
Written by	Jane Baker Pip Baker Ronald Liles
Based on	Night of the Big Heat 1959 novel by John Lymington
Produced by	Tom Blakeley Ronald Liles
Starring	Christopher Lee Patrick Allen Peter Cushing Sarah Lawson Jane Merrow
Cinematography	Reginald H. Wyer
Edited by	Rod Nelson-Keys
Music by	Malcolm Lockyer
Production company	Planet Film Productions
Distributed by	Planet Film Distributors
Release dates	May 1967 (1967-05) (UK) 1971 (1971) (USA)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	509,439 admissions (France)[1]

Night of the Big Heat is a 1967 British science fiction film directed by Terence Fisher, and starring Patrick Allen, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Jane Merrow.^[2]It was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by John Lymington, and was released in the UK by Planet Film Productions.

The film was released theatrically in the United States in the winter of 1971 by Maron Films as Island of the Burning Damned where it was paired on a nationwide double bill with Godzilla's Revenge (1969), but the poster art confused it with Island of Terror (1966) which also starred Peter Cushing.^{[citation needed]} The title was changed years later^[when?] to Island Of The Burning Doomed for American television.^{[citation needed]}