Movie
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · 131 min
A cold, methodical procedural that builds dread through clinical detail and mounting urgency, rewarding close attention with a sense of looming catastrophe.
- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Genres
- Science fiction, Thriller, Drama
- Starring
- Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson
- Tagline
- The picture runs 130 minutes... The story covers 96 of the most critical hours in man's history... The suspense will last through your lifetime!
- Overview
- 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 scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to 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.
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- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Genres
- Science fiction, Thriller, Drama
- Starring
- Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson
