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114 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $6 million [1] or $1.8 million [2] The Satan Bug is a 1965 American crime science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews.
The Satan Bug: Directed by John Sturges. With George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews. A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
Special Agent Lee Barrett (George Maharis) joins forces with Ann Williams (Anne Francis), a general's daughter, to recover a biological weapon stolen from a secret government lab. Learning that the...
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The Satan Bug is a first-person narrative thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. It was originally published in 1962 under the pseudonym Ian Stuart, and later republished under MacLean's own name.
Jan 11, 2018 · The original trailer in high definition of The Satan Bug directed by John Sturges and starring George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews and Richard Bull.
The Satan Bug is a film about the theft of germ cultures for the purpose of bioterrorism. The theft takes place at Station Three, a top secret U.S. biological warfare laboratory located somewhere in the Mojave desert. Stolen are 1200 grams of Botulinus toxin, and the only extant culture of a new designer virus.
An alarming addition to the epidemic thriller genre, The Satan Bug (1965) was based on a popular best seller by Ian Stuart, the nom de plume of novelist Alistair MacLean. It was also one of the first espionage films to follow the lead of the wildly popular James Bond films that set the tone for action/adventure films of the '60s and early '70s.
