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The Andromeda Strain ()

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Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations.
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Dr. Jeremy Stone
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Dr. Charles Dutton
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Dr. Mark Hall
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Dr. Ruth Leavitt
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Karen Anson
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Jackson
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Major Manchek
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Dr. Robertson
Richard O'Brien ...
Grimes
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General Sparks
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Senator from Vermont
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Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)
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Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team)
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Wildfire Computer Sgt. Burk (as Joe DiReda)
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Lt. Comroe
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Toby (technician)
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Clara Dutton
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Air Force Major
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MP Capt. Morton
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Paul Ballantyne ...
Hospital Director (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Murray (uncredited)
Joe Billings ...
Scientist (uncredited)
Patty Bodeen ...
Girl (uncredited)
Michael Bow ...
MP at Stone's (uncredited)
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Assistant to Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
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Allison Stone (uncredited)
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Mother - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Technician (uncredited)
Duke Cigrang ...
Father - Piedmont (uncredited)
Rhodie Cogan ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Bearded Surgeon (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Technician (uncredited)
Bill Dunbar ...
Vandenberg AFB Sergeant (uncredited)
Harold Dyrenforth ...
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Voice (uncredited) (voice)
Sandra Ego ...
Girl (uncredited)
Don Ellis ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Pam (uncredited)
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Man (uncredited)
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Dempsey - Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Sheila Jo Guthrie ...
Girl - Piedmont (uncredited)
Ray Harris ...
Scientist (uncredited)
Robert L. Hughes ...
Air Force Technician (uncredited)
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Dr. Benedict (uncredited)
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Medic Captain (uncredited)
Jamie Lamb ...
Boy - Piedmont (uncredited)
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Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
Johnny Lee ...
Boy (uncredited)
Theodore Lehmann ...
Scientist (uncredited)
Tom McDonough ...
Stetson (uncredited)
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Sen. McKenzie (New Mexico) (uncredited)
Cliff Medaugh ...
Civilian (uncredited)
Don Messick ...
Alarm (uncredited) (voice)
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Midori ...
Bess - Lab Technician (uncredited)
Carl B. Morrison ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert 'Bob' Olen ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Francisco Ortega ...
Gateman at Agricultural Center (uncredited)
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Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold (uncredited)
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Operator of 'The Hands' (uncredited)
Alma Platt ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Capt. Morris (uncredited)
Clark Savage ...
M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)
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Old Lady - Piedmont (uncredited)
Reuben Singer ...
Dr. Rudolph Karp (uncredited)
Robert Soto ...
Manuel Rios - Baby (uncredited)
Gilchrist Stuart ...
Man (uncredited)
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Decontamination Receptionist (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Technician (uncredited)
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Utah Crash Site Officer (uncredited)
Gary Waynesmith ...
Air Force Technician (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman ...
Civilian (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Wise

Written by

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Michael Crichton ... (novel)
 
Nelson Gidding ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Robert Wise ... producer

Music by

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Gil Mellé

Cinematography by

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Richard H. Kline ... director of photography

Editing by

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Stuart Gilmore
John W. Holmes

Production Design by

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Boris Leven

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William H. Tuntke ... (as William Tuntke)

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Ruby R. Levitt ... (set decorations) (as Ruby Levitt)

Costume Design by

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Helen Colvig

Makeup Department

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Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist
Richard Blair ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Carol Scarlatti ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ernest B. Wehmeyer ... production manager
Charles Clement ... post production operations head (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ridgeway Callow ... assistant director
Walter Dominguez ... assistant director trainee (uncredited)
James Fargo ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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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

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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

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Whitey McMahon ... special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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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

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Paul Stader ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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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

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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

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Robert Ellsworth ... costumer: men (uncredited)
George Harrington ... costumer: men (uncredited)
Grace Kuhn ... costumer: ladies (uncredited)

Music Department

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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

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Marie Kenney ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Sol Goldberg ... driver captain (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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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)
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Storyline

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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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Also Known As
  • Le mystère Andromède (France)
  • Andromeda: Tödlicher Staub aus dem All (Germany)
  • La amenaza de Andrómeda (Spain)
  • Andromeda uhkaa (Finland)
  • Штамм Андромеда (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 131 min
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Budget $6,500,000 (estimated)

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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.
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