The Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Directed by: Don Siegel, USA, 1956

USA, 1956
Plakatmotiv The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, © Allied Artists


Cast and Credits

Production Allied Artists
Director Don Siegel
Scenario Daniel Mainwaring
Sam Peckinpah [Uncredited]
Based on Jack Finney [Novel]
Director of Photography Ellsworth Fredericks
Composer Carmen Dargon
Production Design Ted Haworth
Cast Pat O'Malley [Baggage Man]
Virginia Christine
King Donovan [Belicec]
Ralph Dumke
Larry Gates [Larry Gates]
Carolyn Jones [Theodora]
Kevin McCarthy [Bennell]
Jean Willes
Dana Wynter [Becky Driscoll]

Technical specifications
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm - Black and White,Length: 80 minutes
Sound System: Mono
Szenenphoto aus The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, © Allied Artists

Reviews in German: «Aus rätselhaften ausserirdischen Samenkapseln entstehen seelenlose Wesen, die sich der Körper von Menschen bemächtigen und ihre Persönlichkeiten mit dem Keim der Zerstörung infizieren. Beklemmende negative Utopie. Der mit sparsamen Mitteln sorgfältig inszenierte Film vermeidet sichtbare Horror-Elemente und verlässt sich auf die Wirkung geistigen und psychischen Terrors. Zunächst von der Kritik abgelehnt, gilt die vielfach auch politisch interpretierte Produktion McCarthy-Ära heute als subtiler Klassiker ihres Genres und als frühes Meisterwerk Don Siegels.» (filmdienst)

General Information

The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a motion picture produced in the year 1956 as a USA production. The Film was directed by Don Siegel, with Pat O'Malley, Virginia Christine, King Donovan, Ralph Dumke, Larry Gates, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file;

Bibliography La Cinémathèque Suisse, Nr. 197, Lausanne 2002

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