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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · PG · 1h 20m

Curator Score8.2/ 10
There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.

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February 5, 1956

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Curator Certificate

8.2

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Passed by one curator

Fear5.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere7.0
Intensity5.0

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Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.

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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$416,911
Box office$3M

Directed by

Don Siegel

Cinematography

Ellsworth Fredericks

Starring

Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles J. Bennell · Dana Wynter as Becky Driscoll · King Donovan as Jack Belicec · Carolyn Jones as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec · Larry Gates as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman · Kenneth Patterson as Stanley Driscoll · Virginia Christine as Wilma Lentz · Jean Willes as Nurse Sally Withers

Production

Allied Artists Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions