starring
Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter
The classic and highly influential science fiction thriller about the alien invasion of a small
Californian community, and one man's struggle to save the United States.
Returning home from a business trip
Dr Miles Bennell finds that his friends and patients are strangely altered - emotionless and somehow inhuman.
Gradually he discovers that their spirits have been infiltrated and that giant pods from outer space are taking over.
Screenplay by DANIEL MAINWARING Based on the Collier's Magazine serial by JACK FINNEY
Produced by WALTER WANGER Directed by don siegel
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