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Contamination (1980) -- A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

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Director:
Writers:
Luigi Cozzi (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
June 1982 (USA) more
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Plot:
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ian McCulloch ... Commander Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau ... Colonel Stella Holmes
Marino Masé ... Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD
Siegfried Rauch ... Hamilton
Gisela Hahn ... Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo ... Agent Young
Carlo Monni ... Dr. Turner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Alien Contamination (USA) (cut version)
Astaron - Brut des Schreckens (West Germany)
Contamination - Alien arriva sulla terra (Italy)
Contamination: Alien on Earth
Toxic Spawn (USA) (video title (cut version))
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Runtime:
95 min | USA:84 min (R-rated version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:18 (nf) | UK:18 (original 1980s video release) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) (1984) | UK:(Banned) (1984-2004) (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (2004) | USA:R | Australia:R
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Factual errors: When Commander Hubbard is telling Colonel Holmes about the expedition to Mars he claims the eggs were green just as the one in the photograph she showed him. But the photographs she has shown him were in black and white so he couldn't possibly know if they were green as well. more
Quotes:
Hubbard: [drunk] What else do you want to know about me? How many times a week I screw?
Colonel Stella Holmes: If you're always in that condition, it's obvious you couldn't get it up, even if you used a crane.
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Featured in Alien Arrives on Earth (2003) (V) more

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What are the differences between the British BBFC 18 VHS and the uncut version?
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Classic McCulloch, 1 November 1999
5/10
Author: Ninja Thunderbolt from United Kingdom

Ian McCulloch shines, as he did in 'Zombie Flesh-eaters', this time as an alcoholic former NASA astronaut who is dismissed as mad when he talks of the threat of an alien invasion from Mars (as is par for the course in these space capers).

If you enjoy lame acting, poorly dubbed voices, cheesy 80's gore effects and an implausible plot, then this is the film for you.

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