Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Timing: 1:20 (80 min)

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All about film

Video 3

Photo 95

Actors and characters

Release date

1956-02-05

Country

United States

Production

Allied Artists Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions

Genre

Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

Budget

$416 911

Revenue

$3 000 000

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Director

Don Siegel

Actors

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates, Kenneth Patterson, Virginia Christine, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke, Guy Way
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Walter Wanger

Operator

Ellsworth Fredericks

Composer

Carmen Dragon

Artist

Audition

Editing

Robert S. Eisen
All team (20)

• Sam Peckinpah played a small role as a gas company employee. He later claimed that, while participating in the scriptwriting, he had practically rewritten the entire script. His claims were so insistent that the film's screenwriter threatened to file a complaint, after which Peckinpah quieted down.
• After the film's release, many interpreted it as an allegory. Some believed it was about the communist threat, while others thought it was anti-McCarthyist. Don Siegel maintained that he hadn't intended anything of the sort and had simply made a film about an alien invasion.
• Robert Rodriguez's film 'Wheels' features a scene where 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' is shown in a cinema. Kevin McCarthy played one of the audience members in the theater. Furthermore, after the final credits roll, a cut scene from the cinema episode featuring McCarthy is shown, which was removed from the main plot.