Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
poster Invasion of the Body Snatchers
IMDb Rating:
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7.8/10 (37.7K votes)

Country:United States, 80 minutes

Spoken languages:English

Genres:Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director(s):Don Siegel

Writer(s):Daniel Mainwaring

Video Codec:RealMedia

Number: 2483

Storyline:
Dr. Miles Bennell returns to his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. He is initially skeptical, especially when the alleged dopplegängers are able to answer detailed questions about their victim's lives, but he is eventually persuaded that something odd has happened and determines to find out what is causing this phenomenon. This film can be seen as a paranoid 1950s warning against those Damn Commies or, conversely, as a metaphor for the tyranny of McCarthyism (or the totalitarian system of Your Choice) and has a pro- and epilogue that was forced upon Siegel by the studio to lighten the tone.

Cast:

photo Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy Dr. Miles J. Bennell
photo Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter Becky Driscoll
photo Larry Gates
Larry Gates Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
photo King Donovan
King Donovan Jack Belicec
photo Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
photo Jean Willes
Jean Willes Nurse Sally Withers
photo Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine Wilma Lentz
photo Tom Fadden
Tom Fadden Uncle Ira Lentz
photo Dabbs Greer
Dabbs Greer Mac Lomax
photo Pat O'Malley
Pat O'Malley Baggage Man

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive in Invasion of the Body Snatchers Folder 1956 & 1978

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1