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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. Director:Don SiegelWriters:Daniel Mainwaring (screenplay), Jack Finney (Collier's magazine serial), and 1 more credit » |
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Nurse Sally Withers
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Police Chief Nick Grivett
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Uncle Ira Lentz
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Guy Way | ... |
Officer Sam Janzek
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Eileen Stevens | ... |
Anne Grimaldi
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Beatrice Maude | ... |
Grandma Grimaldi
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Jean Andren | ... |
Eleda Lentz
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Bobby Clark | ... |
Jimmy Grimaldi
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Dr Miles Bennell returns 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. Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Incredible! Invisible! Insatiable! See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Walter Wanger's Invasion of the Body Snatchers See more »Box Office
Budget:
$417,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Dr. Harvey Bassett: Oh, Doctor Hill.
Dr. Hill: Dr. Basset. Well, where's the patient?
Dr. Harvey Bassett: I hated to drag you out of bed at this time of night. You'll soon see why I did.
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Universal's UK DVD (824 346 1.11) comes with a choice of the original black and white or a colorized version. The black & white's running time is 1hr and 20 mins while the color version has an added five minutes to its running time. See more »Goofs
Plot holes: Upon discovering two pods in the trunk of his car after visiting the gas station, the hero pulls them from the trunk and sets them on fire with a highway flare whereupon they burst into flame. Nowhere else in the film is there any suggestion that these pods are flammable nor would they be if germinating into a human replica. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dr. Harvey Bassett: Oh, Doctor Hill.
Dr. Hill: Dr. Basset. Well, where's the patient?
Dr. Harvey Bassett: I hated to drag you out of bed at this time of night. You'll soon see why I did.
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