Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Nelson GiddingCinematography:
Richard H. KlineComposer:
Gil MelleCast:
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Peter Hobbs, Eric Christmas (more)Plots(1)
A government satellite crashes outside a small town in New Mexico – and within minutes, every inhabitant of the town is dead, except for a crying baby and an elderly derelict. The satellite and the two survivors are sent to Wildfire, a top-secret underground laboratory equipped with a nuclear self-destruct mechanism to prevent the spread of infection in case of an outbreak. Realising that the satellite brought back a lethal organism from another world, a team of government scientists race against the clock to understand the extraterrestrial virus – codenamed “Andromeda” – before it can wipe out all life on the planet. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Russ Whiteman
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Judy Farrell
USA
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Chapter Two (1979)
J.W. Coop (1972)
Jan Burrell
USA
Best movies:
Frances (1982)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Lawman (1971)
Johnny Lee
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Hindenburg (1975)
City Beneath the Sea (1971) (TV movie)
Gary Waynesmith
USA
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Alma Platt
USA
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Winning (1969)
Sweet Charity (1969)
Michael Bow
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Bart La Rue
USA
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)