Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science-fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was exhibited in 2.00:1 Superscope and shot in the film noir style. Daniel Mainwaring adapted the screenplay from Jack Finney's 1954 science-fiction novel The Body Snatchers. The film was an independent production but distributed by Allied Artists Pictures as a double feature with the British science-fiction film The Atomic Man (and in some markets with Indestructible Man).
Plot
A psychiatrist, Dr. Hill, is called to a Los Angeles hospital, where a man named Dr. Miles Bennell is being held in custody. Miles recounts the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital.
More details
| author | Daniel Mainwaring Sam Peckinpah |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Don Siegel |
| editor | Robert S. Eisen |
| events | alien invasion |
| genre | horror science fiction |
| keywords | fall federal bureau of investigation injured kiss load los angeles mass hysteria remember suffer |
| musicBy | Carmen Dragon |
| producer | Walter Wanger |
| productionCompany | Walter Wanger Productions |
| publisher | Monogram Pictures |
| theme | extraterrestrial life film noir independent monster movie science fiction horror |