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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | User Rating
(58 votes) | Critic Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 26, 1998
Budget $417,000
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 20 minutes
Country USA
Studio Allied Artists, Walter Wanger
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Other Titles
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Sleep No More (1956)
• They Came from Another World (1956)
• Die Dämonischen (1956)
• Die Invasion der Körperfresser (1956)
• Walter Wanger's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Zombie, Serial Killer, Cult Classic, Doctor, Robots, Suspense, Disturbing
Tagline: ... there was nothing to hold onto - except each other.
Plot: Don Siegel's cult masterpiece, interpreted as an allegory of both McCarthyism and Communism, is undoubtedly one of the screen's most disturbing evocations of paranoia. It stars Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Binnell, a physician whose traumatized arrival in the emergency room of a San Francisco hospital leads the staff to believe he's lost his mind. In a series of flashbacks, he unwinds a bizarre account of his last few days. After his return from a trip to rural Santa Mira, his nurse, Sally (Jean Willes), explains that his office has been flooded with patients who have made appointments yet never appeared. Former girlfriend Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter) tells him that she's unable to rid herself of the belief that the man claiming to be her uncle is an impostor. A hysterical young boy refuses to return home, claiming that his mother is not his mother. Miles's concern over this pattern of incidents, temporarily allayed by some jargon from the town psychiatrist, is newly aroused when he gets a phone call from friend Jack Belicec (King Donovan), who begs him to come over and take a look at the strange mannequinlike figure that's suddenly appeared on his pool table. This exceptionally well written and directed fable, the ultimate comment on the subtly coercive conformity of the 1950s,
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 About as melodramatic as most horror flicks of the 50's but this is better than a lot thanks to having a great mood, a fine lead performance by McCarthy, the famous freeway scene and a downbeat ending. I would've liked a bit more motive for the invaders but as is this is a watchable and entertaining effort and one of the more highly regarded genre pictures of its decade.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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| Directed by |
Don Siegel
Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, The Shootist |
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| Written by |
Jack Finney
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Body Snatchers, The Love Letter | |
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| Cast |
| Dana Wynter
Airport, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Crimson Pirate | Larry Gates
In the Heat of the Night, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Airport | King Donovan
All the King's Men, The Defiant Ones, I Was a Male War Bride | Carolyn Jones
The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Seven Year Itch, How the West Was Won | Jean Willes
Ocean's Eleven, No Time for Sergeants, Gypsy | Ralph Dumke
Elmer Gantry, All the King's Men, The Desperate Hours | |
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| Music By |
Carmen Dragon
The Time of Your Life, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Mr. Winkle Goes to War |
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