The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Cast:

Arthur Hill,
James Olson,
Michael Pataki,
Walter Brooke,
Eric Christmas,
David Wayne,
Kate Reid,
Lorna Thayer,
Garry Walberg,
Paula Kelly,
Quinn K. Redeker,
Carl Reindel,
Theodore Lehmann,
Ivor Barry,
Len Wayland,
Alma Platt,
Midori,
Susan Brown,
Michael Crichton,
Joe Billings,
Tom McDonough,
Duke Cigrang,
Robert 'Bob' Olen,
James W. Gavin,
Ken Swofford,
Emory Parnell,
Joe Di Reda,
Lance Fuller,
Sandra de Bruin,
Ramon Bieri,
Richard Bull,
Robert Soto,
Jason Johnson,
Ray Harris,
Richard O'Brien,
John Carter,
David McLean,
Glenn Langan,
Mark Jenkins,
Judy Farrell,
Bill Dunbar,
Lisa Daniels,
Paul Ballantyne,
Walker Edmiston,
Johnny Lee,
Frances Reid,
Michael Bow,
Reuben Singer,
Cliff Medaugh,
Peter Helm,
Francisco Ortega,
Peter Hobbs,
Kermit Murdock,
Dee Carroll,
Russ Whiteman,
George Mitchell,
Gilchrist Stuart,
Joan Swift,
Jan Burrell

Director:

Robert Wise

Producer:

Robert Wise

Screenwriter:

Composer:

Gil Melle

description:

The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science-fiction film, based on the novel published in 1969 by Michael Crichton. The film is about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin that causes rapid, fatal blood clotting. Directed by Robert Wise, the film starred Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne. The film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull.