Invasion of the Body Snatchers 5 stars!
1:20am - 2:40am
BBC2
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Subtitled, Black & White
Pods from outer space land in a small California town and start replicating the inhabitants, replacing them with unfeeling doubles, in this chilling science-fiction tale from director Don Siegel. This classic of the genre (co-scripted by an uncredited Sam Peckinpah from the novel by Jack Finney) reflects the blacklisting hysteria of the McCarthy era, as Siegel tersely piles on the nightmare with pulse-pounding briskness. Although expertly remade twice (in 1978 and 1993), the original is still the most striking, with a justly famous scalp-freezing ending.
Directed by: Don Siegel
Filmed in: 1956
Miles Bennell - Kevin McCarthy
Becky Driscoll - Dana Wynter
Danny - Larry Gates
Jack - King Donovan
Theodora - Carolyn Jones
Sally - Jean Willes
Nick - Ralph Dumke
Wilma - Virginia Christine
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