Kevin McCarthy
Dr. Miles J. Bennell
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Dec 22, 1978 · A sci-fi horror film about alien pods that replace humans in San Francisco. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (70K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Philip Kaufman
- 1978-12-22
A classic sci-fi horror film about an alien invasion that replaces humans with emotionless duplicates. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this black and white masterpiece.
- (55K)
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Don Siegel
- 1956-02-05
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science-fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was shot in 2.00:1 Superscope and in the film noir style.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney.
An apparently delusional and paranoid Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) has been arrested on a California highway and taken to a local hospital's psychiatric ward. There he tells a psychiatrist, Dr. Hill (Whit Bissell), and the attending physician, Dr. Bassett (Richard Deacon) his fantastic story.
A remake of the classic horror film, set in San Francisco, where a friend of Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) reports his husband's strange mood. The film explores themes of alien invasion, paranoia and identity, with a powerful cast and gritty camerawork.
- (69)
- Sci-Fi
- PG
Apr 22, 2024 · Invasion of the Body Snatchers, American science-fiction film, released in 1956, that was directed by Don Siegel and has been hailed as one of the most intelligent films of the genre. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
