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Director:
Writers:
Alistair MacLean (novel)
James Clavell (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 March 1965 (West Germany) more
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Tagline:
The price for uncovering the secret of the satan bug comes high - YOUR LIFE!
Plot:
A germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the nasty germs has gotten free and killed several scientists... more | full synopsis
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Cast

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George Maharis ... Lee Barrett

Richard Basehart ... Dr. Gregor Hoffman

Anne Francis ... Ann Williams

Dana Andrews ... Gen. Williams
John Larkin ... Dr. Leonard Michaelson
Richard Bull ... Eric Cavanaugh
Frank Sutton ... Donald

Edward Asner ... Veretti
Simon Oakland ... Tasserly
John Anderson ... Agent Reagan
John Clarke ... Lt. Raskin
Hari Rhodes ... Lt. Johnson
Martin Blaine ... Henchman Posing as Henry Martin
Henry Beckman ... Dr. Baxter
Harry Lauter ... Fake SDI Agent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
114 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In his memoirs, Charlton Heston says he was asked to play the lead. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the climax, some long shots of the helicopter show the right side's door missing before the fight between Barrett and the pilot knocks it off. more
Quotes:
Lee Barrett: He's floating at the bottom of the pool. more
Movie Connections:
References The Phantom Creeps (1939) more

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There were six people in the lab at the beginning of the movie. Which ones were shown leaving the lab?
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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
Filming Location?, 23 June 2003
Author: JOHNBATES-1 from vista, california

A reference is made in the movie to Palmdale (north of Los Angeles) and this might be where the exterior views of the 'lab' were filmed. But many of the other scenes remind this commenter of the Palm Springs/Coachella Valley area (east of the LA basin) in the Sixties before the influx of heavy population and housing. The beautiful purple mountains, the wide open peaceful vistas, the empty roads stretching off into the distance.

It's just a guess. Parts of Arizona could also have been involved. But that trailer park where the bad guy lives looks very much like one that's located near the base of the mountain on the back road out of Palm Desert (Hwy 111?).

Fun movie to watch for the scenery alone.

Too bad Ann Francis is once again only window dressing. She's capable, as many beautiful actresses are, of more. At least she gets to give one of the villains some grief.

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