The Andromeda Strain

Category: Movies •

Genre: Science Fiction • Thriller •

Rating: 7

Director: Robert Wise,

Writer: Michael Crichton (Novel), Nelson Gidding (Screenplay),

Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Mark Jenkins, Peter Helm, Joe Di Reda, Carl Reindel, Ken Swofford, Frances Reid, Richard Bull, John Carter, Glenn Langan, Sandra de Bruin, Susan Brown, Bart La Rue, Walter Brooke, Jan Burrell, Dee Carroll, Michael Crichton, David McLean, Emory Parnell, Michael Pataki, Quinn K. Redeker, Garry Walberg, Len Wayland, Jason Johnson, Ivor Barry, Lance Fuller, Don Messick, Joan Swift,

Language: en

Country: USA

Release Date: March 12, 1971

Plot: 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 scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first 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.