The Andromeda Strain (1971)
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- G
- 2h 11min
- Mystery, Sci-Fi
- 12 Mar 1971 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Arthur Hill | ... |
Dr. Jeremy Stone
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David Wayne | ... |
Dr. Charles Dutton
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James Olson | ... |
Dr. Mark Hall
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Kate Reid | ... |
Dr. Ruth Leavitt
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Paula Kelly | ... |
Karen Anson
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George Mitchell | ... |
Jackson
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Ramon Bieri | ... |
Major Manchek
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Kermit Murdock | ... |
Dr. Robertson
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Richard O'Brien | ... |
Grimes
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Peter Hobbs | ... |
General Sparks
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Eric Christmas | ... |
Senator from Vermont
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Mark Jenkins | ... |
Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)
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Peter Helm | ... |
Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team)
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Joe Di Reda | ... |
Wildfire Computer Sgt. Burk
(as Joe DiReda)
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Carl Reindel | ... |
Lt. Comroe
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Ken Swofford | ... |
Toby (technician)
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Frances Reid | ... |
Clara Dutton
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Richard Bull | ... |
Air Force Major
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John Carter | ... |
MP Capt. Morton
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Paul Ballantyne | ... |
Hospital Director (uncredited)
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Benjie Bancroft | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Ivor Barry | ... |
Murray (uncredited)
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Joe Billings | ... |
Scientist (uncredited)
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Patty Bodeen | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Michael Bow | ... |
MP at Stone's (uncredited)
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Walter Brooke | ... |
Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
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Susan Brown | ... |
Allison Stone (uncredited)
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Jan Burrell | ... |
Mother - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Dee Carroll | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Duke Cigrang | ... |
Father - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Rhodie Cogan | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Michael Crichton | ... |
Bearded Surgeon (uncredited)
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Lisa Daniels | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Sandra de Bruin | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Bill Dunbar | ... |
Vandenberg AFB Sergeant (uncredited)
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Harold Dyrenforth | ... |
(uncredited)
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Walker Edmiston | ... |
Voice (uncredited) (voice)
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Sandra Ego | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Don Ellis | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Judy Farrell | ... |
Pam (uncredited)
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Lance Fuller | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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James W. Gavin | ... |
Dempsey - Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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Sheila Jo Guthrie | ... |
Girl - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Ray Harris | ... |
Scientist (uncredited)
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Robert L. Hughes | ... |
Air Force Technician (uncredited)
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Jason Johnson | ... |
Dr. Benedict (uncredited)
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Bart La Rue | ... |
Medic Captain (uncredited)
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Jamie Lamb | ... |
Boy - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Glenn Langan | ... |
Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
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Johnny Lee | ... |
Boy (uncredited)
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Theodore Lehmann | ... |
Scientist (uncredited)
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Tom McDonough | ... |
Stetson (uncredited)
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David McLean | ... |
Sen. McKenzie (New Mexico) (uncredited)
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Cliff Medaugh | ... |
Civilian (uncredited)
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Don Messick | ... |
Alarm (uncredited) (voice)
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Victoria Paige Meyerink | ... |
(uncredited)
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Midori | ... |
Bess - Lab Technician (uncredited)
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Carl B. Morrison | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Robert 'Bob' Olen | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Francisco Ortega | ... |
Gateman at Agricultural Center (uncredited)
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Emory Parnell | ... |
Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
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Michael Pataki | ... |
Operator of 'The Hands' (uncredited)
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Alma Platt | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Quinn K. Redeker | ... |
Capt. Morris (uncredited)
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Clark Savage | ... |
M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)
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Georgia Schmidt | ... |
Old Lady - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Reuben Singer | ... |
Dr. Rudolph Karp (uncredited)
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Robert Soto | ... |
Manuel Rios - Baby (uncredited)
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Gilchrist Stuart | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Joan Swift | ... |
Decontamination Receptionist (uncredited)
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Lorna Thayer | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Garry Walberg | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Len Wayland | ... |
Utah Crash Site Officer (uncredited)
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Gary Waynesmith | ... |
Air Force Technician (uncredited)
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Russ Whiteman | ... |
Civilian (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Wise |
Written by
Michael Crichton | ... | (novel) |
Nelson Gidding | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Robert Wise | ... | producer |
Music by
Gil Mellé |
Cinematography by
Richard H. Kline | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Stuart Gilmore | ||
John W. Holmes |
Production Design by
Boris Leven |
Art Direction by
William H. Tuntke | ... | (as William Tuntke) |
Set Decoration by
Ruby R. Levitt | ... | (set decorations) (as Ruby Levitt) |
Costume Design by
Helen Colvig |
Makeup Department
Larry Germain | ... | hair stylist |
Bud Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Richard Blair | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Carol Scarlatti | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Ernest B. Wehmeyer | ... | production manager |
Charles Clement | ... | post production operations head (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ridgeway Callow | ... | assistant director |
Walter Dominguez | ... | assistant director trainee (uncredited) |
James Fargo | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Thomas J. Wright | ... | production illustrator (as Thomas Wright) |
Frank Barbero | ... | third assistant props (uncredited) |
Jack Hamilton | ... | second assistant props (uncredited) |
Ed Keyes | ... | prop master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
James R. Alexander | ... | sound (as James Alexander) |
Ronald Pierce | ... | sound |
Waldon O. Watson | ... | sound |
Jack Danskin | ... | mikeman (uncredited) |
William Griffith | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Joseph Kite | ... | cableman (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Whitey McMahon | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Jamie Shourt | ... | special photographic effects (as James Shourt) |
Douglas Trumbull | ... | special photographic effects |
Albert Whitlock | ... | matte supervisor |
John Dykstra | ... | projection backgrounds (uncredited) |
John Whitney Sr. | ... | early video effects for film (uncredited) |
Stunts
Paul Stader | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Eric D. Andersen | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Larry Barbier | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Mike Benson | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
James R. Connell | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Everett Lehman | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Doug Mathias | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Jim Plannette | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Joseph Praskins | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Karl Reed | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Kenneth Smith | ... | second grip (uncredited) |
Ronald Vidor | ... | first assistant camera (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Xavier Atencio | ... | title backgrounds |
John L. Jensen | ... | title backgrounds |
Bill Justice | ... | title animator |
Alan Maley | ... | title backgrounds |
Art Stevens | ... | title animator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Ellsworth | ... | costumer: men (uncredited) |
George Harrington | ... | costumer: men (uncredited) |
Grace Kuhn | ... | costumer: ladies (uncredited) |
Music Department
Gordon Clark | ... | music engineering |
Allan Sohl | ... | music engineering |
Terry Brown | ... | music engineering (uncredited) |
Gil Mellé | ... | music arranger (uncredited) / musician: synthesizer (uncredited) |
Brian Moffatt | ... | musician: drums & percussions (uncredited) |
Dave Parlato | ... | musician: bass (uncredited) |
J. Peter Robinson | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Gretel Shanley | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Marie Kenney | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Sol Goldberg | ... | driver captain (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
W.M. Blackmore | ... | animal sequences filmed under supervision of: The American Humane Assn. (as W.M. Blackmore D.V.M.) |
Attila De Lado | ... | titles & opticals: Universal Title (as Attila de Lado) |
Richard Green | ... | technical advisor (as Dr. Richard Green) |
George Hobby | ... | technical advisor |
William Koselka | ... | technical advisor |
Harold Mendelsohn | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Robert Wise Productions (A Robert Wise Production)
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1971) (United States) (theatrical) (as A Universal ® Picture)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Rank Film Distributors (1971) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1972) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1972) (France) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1972) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1972) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1973) (United States) (tv)
- TF1 (1976) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- MCA Videocassette (1981) (United States) (VHS)
- Esselte CIC Video (1983) (Belgium) (VHS)
- CIC Victor Video (Japan) (VHS)
- CIC Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1988) (Finland) (tv)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1990) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- DiscoVision (United States) (video) (laserdisc) (unreleased)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (United States) (VHS) (pan/scan)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2004) (Finland) (tv)
- Universal Pictures (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2014) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2015) (Finland) (Blu-ray)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2017) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2022) (Australia) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- American Humane Association (animal sequences filmed under supervision of)
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (scientific background support by)
- Central Research Labs (scientific equipment from)
- Concord Electronics (scientific equipment from)
- Du Pont Instrument Products Division (scientific equipment from)
- Hollywood Video (II) (T.V. by)
- Honeywell (scientific equipment from)
- Image Transform (video effects for film)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (scientific background support by)
- Korad Lasers (scientific equipment from)
- Perkin-Elmer (scientific equipment from)
- Project Scoop at Vandenberg Air Force Base (we received the generous help of many people attached to)
- R.C.A. (scientific equipment from)
- Technicon (scientific equipment from)
- Universal Scoring Stage (music recorded at)
- Universal Title (titles & optical effects)
- Van Waters & Rogers (scientific equipment from)
- Wildfire Laboratory (we received the generous help of many people attached to)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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. Many years prior to this incident, a group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill) advocated for the construction of a secure laboratory facility that would serve as a base in the event an alien biological life form was returned to Earth from a space mission. Stone and his team - Drs. Dutton, Leavitt and Hall (David Wayne, Kate Reid, and James Olson, respectively)- go to the facility, known as Wildfire, and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont (an old wino 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 should it manage to escape. Written by garykmcd |
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Taglines | Rated G...But May Be Too INTENSE For Younger Children See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $6,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Special effects to create the germ from space cost $250,000. See more » |
Goofs | At the beginning of the movie, vultures are shown circling over the town of Piedmont. Later, when the two scientists approach the town in a helicopter, the vultures are on the ground eating the flesh of the dead. The military even brought gas to kill off the vultures so they wouldn't fly off and spread the disease. What's interesting, is that no one gives a second thought as to why the vultures weren't dead. Even after they kill off a rat and monkey in the lab to test the disease no one wonders how it was that the vultures weren't affected. It is not unusual, in fact rather typical, for pathogens or chemicals to affect some species and not others, or at least affect them more slowly. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Population: Zero (1974). See more » |
Crazy Credits | The opening credits read: "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This film concerns the four-day history of a major American scientific crisis. We received the generous help of many people attached to Project Scoop at Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Wildfire Laboratory in Flatrock, Nevada. They encouraged us to tell the story accurately and in detail." "The documents presented here are soon to be made public. They do not in any way jeopardize the national security." See more » |
Quotes |
[finding a man dead by self-inflicted drowning in a bathtub]
Dr. Jeremy Stone: I wouldn't believe you could commit suicide that way. Dr. Mark Hall: Most of them died instantly, but a few had time to go quietly nuts. See more » |