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The Andromeda Strain (1971)
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A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. Director:Robert Wise |
131 min - 
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David Wayne | ... | |
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George Mitchell | ... |
Jackson
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Ramon Bieri | ... |
Major Manchek
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Peter Hobbs | ... |
General Sparks
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Kermit Murdock | ... |
Dr. Robertson
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Richard O'Brien | ... |
Grimes
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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
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Carl Reindel | ... |
Lt. Comroe
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Storyline
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found to have died 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 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 - go to the facility, known as Wildfire and try to first isolate the life form and to determine why two people from Piedmont, an old wino and a months 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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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!Parents Guide:
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In Sept. 1972, Universal was exhibiting this on a double bill with Airport with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program". See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When they first subject the lab animals to the virus, on the right hand side of the screen in the reflection of the metal walls you can see the crew rushing towards the monkey cage to revive him right before they cut back to the shot of the scientists. See more »Quotes
Dr. Rudolph Karp: Fools! They refuse to believe life exists in meteorites. I showed them at the astrophysics conference what I just showed you. But no! Even with a microscope they are blind! What do I have to do? Hit them over the head?See more »
Connections
Referenced in "Animaniacs: Scare Happy Slappy/Witch One/Macbeth (#1.62)" (1994) See more »
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