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Director:
Writers:
Alistair MacLean (novel)
James Clavell (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 March 1965 (West Germany) more
Genre:
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
User Comments:
Taut thriller, 60's style, that reminds us of another way that the world might end more (30 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
William A. Wellman was offered Gen. Williams. 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:
Referenced in Venomous (2001) (V) more

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17 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Taut thriller, 60's style, that reminds us of another way that the world might end, 20 November 1998
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Author: James Pierson (jpierson@erols.com) from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania USA

THE SATAN BUG is a very competent treatment of a CBW (chemical and biological warfare) nightmare scenario: Somebody steals from a Defense fortress a flask of the deadliest bugs ever developed. George Maharis is there to try to track down the baddies, as is Anne "Forbidden Planet" Francis. And prime psycho villain? Richard "Commander Nelson" Basehart! His paranoid stooge? Ed Asner! Dana Andrews is chief spook presiding over a scenario that features the end of the world accomplished not by atoms, but by microbes. For its time a very alarming and fast paced thriller.

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