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Varastetut ihmiset

Original title: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • 1956
  • K-12/9
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
53K
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POPULARITY
3,836
18
Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

  • Director
    • Don Siegel
  • Writers
    • Daniel Mainwaring
    • Jack Finney
    • Richard Collins
  • Stars
    • Kevin McCarthy
    • Dana Wynter
    • Larry Gates
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    53K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,836
    18
    • Director
      • Don Siegel
    • Writers
      • Daniel Mainwaring
      • Jack Finney
      • Richard Collins
    • Stars
      • Kevin McCarthy
      • Dana Wynter
      • Larry Gates
    • 301User reviews
    • 170Critic reviews
    • 92Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins

    Videos2

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    Trailer 2:20
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    Featurette 2:49
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    Photos70

    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy in Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
    Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Varastetut ihmiset (1956)
    "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Kevin McCarthy 1956 Allied Artists
    "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" Dana Wynter, Allied Artists, 1956, I.V.
    "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" Kevin McCarthy,Dana Wynter 1956 Allied Artists
    "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" Dana Wynter, Allied Artists, 1956, I.V.
    "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" Dana Wynter, Allied Artists, 1956, I.V.
    "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Allied Artists, 1956, I.V.
    "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Kevin McCarthy 1956 Allied Artists

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    Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy
    • Dr. Miles J. Bennell
    Dana Wynter
    Dana Wynter
    • Becky Driscoll
    Larry Gates
    Larry Gates
    • Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
    King Donovan
    King Donovan
    • Jack Belicec
    Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    • Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
    Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    • Nurse Sally Withers
    Ralph Dumke
    Ralph Dumke
    • Police Chief Nick Grivett
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Wilma Lentz
    Tom Fadden
    Tom Fadden
    • Uncle Ira Lentz
    Kenneth Patterson
    • Stanley Driscoll
    Guy Way
    Guy Way
    • Officer Sam Janzek
    Eileen Stevens
    • Anne Grimaldi
    Beatrice Maude
    • Grandma Grimaldi
    Jean Andren
    • Eleda Lentz
    Bobby Clark
    • Jimmy Grimaldi
    Everett Glass
    Everett Glass
    • Dr. Ed Pursey
    Dabbs Greer
    Dabbs Greer
    • Mac Lomax
    Pat O'Malley
    Pat O'Malley
    • Baggage Man
    • Director
      • Don Siegel
    • Writers
      • Daniel Mainwaring
      • Jack Finney
      • Richard Collins(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Production designer Ted Haworth came up with a fairly simple and inexpensive (about $30,000 total) idea for creating the pods. The most difficult part was when the pods burst open, revealing the likenesses of the actors. The actors had to have naked impressions of themselves made out of thin, skin-tight latex. Making the casts, which involved being submerged in the very hot casting material with only a straw in their mouths to breathe through, was grueling for the actors, especially Carolyn Jones, who was claustrophobic. Dana Wynter recalled, "I was in this thing while it hardened, and of course it got rather warm! I was breathing through straws or something quite bizarre, and the rest of me was encased, it was like a sarcophagus. The guys who were making it tapped on the back of the thing and said, 'Dana, listen, we won't be long, we're just off for lunch [laughs]!' In the end, we had to be covered except for just the nostrils and I think a little aperture for the mouth."
    • Goofs
      (at around 20 mins) When Dr. Bennell is shown the body on the pool table he never bothers to ask where it came from or why it is there. One would think that would be the first question.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Miles J. Bennell: They're here already! You're next! You're next, You're next...!

    • Crazy credits
      THE END comes up on the final shot of the film of Miles looking relieved that Dr Hill has believed his story, and is calling the FBI about the alien invasion of Santa Mira.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally released at 80 minutes; reissued in 1979 at 76 minutes, deleting the studio-imposed prologue and epilogue starring Whit Bissel and Richard Deacon.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Giant Claw (1957)

    User reviews301

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    8/10
    classic sci-fi
    Dr Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) insists he's not insane as he recounts his story. He returned to his small town Santa Mira after many people started suffering similar symptoms. His former love Becky Driscoll has a cousin who thinks her uncle is an impostor. He is skeptical and assumes the many cases to be mass hysteria. Then his friend Jack Belicec shows him a body that looks like him. Later he finds a body that looks like Becky in her basement. He reports it to the police but the bodies are gone.

    As far as classic 50s sci-fi, it doesn't get much better than this. It is still watchable in the modern sense. It has the paranoia and Kevin McCarthy is brilliant. It is no wonder why it has been remade multiple times. The concept is simple but effective. And the scene where he warns the audience directly through the screen is a movie icon.
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    • Oct 24, 2015

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    • Release date
      • February 5, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Världsrymden anfaller
    • Filming locations
      • Town Square, Sierra Madre, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Allied Artists Pictures
      • Walter Wanger Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $417,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,522
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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