Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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Written by Jack Finney, Daniel Mainwaring

Directed by Don Siegel

Running Time: 80 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1956

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Arguably the best version of Jack Finney's novel, this 1956 sci-fi thriller still has unbridled power to shock. Directed by Don Siegel, the film has been interpreted as a clever metaphor on the communist witch-hunt, prevalent in the US at the time.

Dr Miles Bennel (Kevin McCarthy) returns to his Californian home town and finds that a number of his patients have paranoid delusions that their friends or family are impostors. Initially sceptical, he realises that something bizarre may have occured. Could it be that emotionless alien clones have replaced innocent human beings while they're asleep? Dr Bennell is determined to uncover the truth...

Highly recommended.

Cast

Image for Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyDr. Miles J. Bennell
Dana WynterBecky Driscoll
Larry GatesDr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
King DonovanJack Belicec
Carolyn JonesTheodora 'Teddy' Belicec
Jean WillesNurse Sally Withers
Ralph DumkePolice Chief Nick Grivett
Virginia ChristineWilma Lentz
Tom FaddenUncle Ira Lentz
Kenneth PattersonStanley Driscoll
Guy WayOfficer Sam Janzek
Eileen StevensAnne Grimaldi
Beatrice MaudeGrandma Driscoll
Jean AndrenEleda Lentz
Bobby ClarkJimmy Grimaldi
Everett GlassDr. Ed Pursey
Dabbs GreerMac Lomax
J. Pat O'MalleyBaggage man
Guy RennieRestaurant owner
Marie SellandMartha Lomax
Image for Sam PeckinpahSam PeckinpahCharlie
Harry J. VejarPod carrier in Miles' office

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