The Andromeda Strain

7.1

United States Of America

Sci-Fi Thriller

131 min

1971

Frances Reid Len Wayland Garry Walberg Quinn K. Redeker Michael Pataki Emory Parnell David McLean Michael Crichton Jan Burrell Walter Brooke Susan Brown Glenn Langan John Carter Richard Bull Arthur Hill Ken Swofford Carl Reindel Peter Helm Eric Christmas Richard O'Brien Peter Hobbs Ramon Bieri George Mitchell Paula Kelly Kate Reid James Olson David Wayne

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.