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The Andromeda Strain

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!

1971 · G · 2h 11m

Directed by Robert Wise

7.0

TMDB audience score
859 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Arthur Hill
    Dr. Jeremy Stone

  • David Wayne
    Dr. Charles Dutton

  • James Olson
    Dr. Mark Hall

  • Kate Reid
    Dr. Ruth Leavitt

  • Paula Kelly
    Karen Anson

  • George Mitchell
    Jackson

  • Ramon Bieri
    Major Manchek

  • Peter Hobbs
    General Sparks

  • Kermit Murdock
    Dr. Robertson

  • Richard O'Brien
    Grimes

  • Eric Christmas
    Senator from Vermont

  • Mark Jenkins
    Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)

  • Peter Helm
    Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team)

  • Joe Di Reda
    Wildfire Computer Sgt. Burk

  • Carl Reindel
    Lt. Comroe

  • Ken Swofford
    Toby (technician)

  • Frances Reid
    Clara Dutton

  • Richard Bull
    Air Force Major