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The Andromeda Strain

19712h 11mScience Fiction · Thriller · Drama
directed by Robert Wise

“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!”

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7.1 / 10
808 votes
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7.2 / 10
43,020 votes
Metacritic
60 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
68%

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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.

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