The Andromeda Strain
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- Runtime
- 131 mins
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
Cast
- Arthur Hill
- David Wayne
- James Olson
- Kate Reid
- Paula Kelly
- George Mitchell
- Ramon Bieri
- Peter Hobbs
- Kermit Murdock
- Richard O'Brien
- Eric Christmas
- Mark Jenkins
- Peter Helm
- Joe Di Reda
- Carl Reindel
- Ken Swofford
- Frances Reid
- Richard Bull
- John Carter
- Glenn Langan
- Sandra de Bruin
- Susan Brown
- Bart La Rue
- Walter Brooke
- Jan Burrell
- Dee Carroll
- Michael Crichton
- David McLean
- Emory Parnell
- Michael Pataki
- Quinn K. Redeker
- Garry Walberg
- Len Wayland
- Jason Johnson
Director
- Robert Wise
Producers
- Robert Wise
Screenwriter
- Nelson Gidding