Invasion of the Body Snatchers Movie Review 1956

The one and only post-McCarthy paranoid sci-fi epic, where a small California town is infiltrated by pods from outer space that replicate and replace humans. A chilling, genuinely frightening exercise in nightmare dislocation. Based upon a novel by Jack Finney. Remade in 1978.

Distribution

Mike LeBell's Video, 75 Freemont Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005, Phone: (213)938-3333, Fax: (213)938-3334, Email: mlvideo@aol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 80 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Alien Beings--Vicious, Killer Plants, Aliens Are People, Too

Screenplay

Daniel Mainwaring, Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, Larry Gates, Jean Willes, Whit Bissell, Richard Deacon, Pat O'Malley, Sam Peckinpah, Donald Siegel, Dabbs Greer, Whit Bissell

Cinematography

Ellsworth Fredericks

Director

Donald Siegel

Music

Carmen Dragon

Producer

Walter Wanger, Allied Artists

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1994.