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Director:
Byron Haskin
Writers:
Frank M. Robinson (novel)
John Gay (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 February 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
YOU feel it until you can't feel anything at all! more
Plot:
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Hamilton ... Professor Jim Tanner

Suzanne Pleshette ... Professor Margery Lansing
Richard Carlson ... Professor Norman E. Van Zandt

Yvonne De Carlo ... Mrs. Sally Hallson
Earl Holliman ... Professor Talbot Scott aka Scotty
Gary Merrill ... Mark Corlane
Ken Murray ... Grover
Barbara Nichols ... Flora
Arthur O'Connell ... Professor Henry Hallson

Nehemiah Persoff ... Professor Carl Melnicker
Aldo Ray ... Bruce
Michael Rennie ... Arthur Nordlund
Miiko Taka ... Mrs. Van Zandt
Celia Lovsky ... Mrs. Hallson
Vaughn Taylor ... Mr. Hallson
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated
Company:
George Pal Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
MGM announced plans to produce the movie with George Pal as producer/director during it's 40th anniversary celebration in 1964. Unlike many of the announced projects, this one actually got made but wasn't released until 1968. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tanner is being bombarded on the firing range, the aircraft shown change from F-104 Starfighters, to a F-100 Super Sabre, to (apparently) an F-86 Sabre. more
Quotes:
Professor Jim Tanner: They say that power corrupts - and that absolute power - I wonder... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A classic film, 9 August 2007
7/10
Author: Tim Moore from United States

I loved this movie as a kid and an adult.

I thought it was well done and for the negative reviewers who said it was confusing, I understood it as a child. Are you dense or something?

Good acting, subtle death scenes, great action, albeit slow, but worth viewing. A nice build up and to the reviewer who said he knew who the bad guy was: Duh!

I'm so tired of you losers not taking into account when a movie was made. What movie about telekinesis compared to this then. Um, none. Enjoy a movie for when it was made and take in the effects as well. So many people say laughable effects in old movies. I hate this. They worked with what they had and did good with them.

I loved it in '68 and still love it!

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