Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)

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black-and-white film film horror film science fiction film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) is a classic American science fiction horror movie about a small-town doctor who discovers that alien plant pods are replicating and replacing human beings.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers	5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
basedOn	The Body Snatchers NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Jack Finney NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember	Carolyn Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ King Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Whit Bissell NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Ellsworth Fredericks NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess	black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Don Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Robert S. Eisen NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat	35 mm ⓘ
genre	horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War era ⓘ
inspiredRemake	Body Snatchers (1993 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Invasion (2007 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedAs	allegory of McCarthyism ⓘ allegory of communist infiltration fears ⓘ
leadActor	Kevin McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadRole	Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Bennell NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Miles Bennell NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Carmen Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeDevice	voice-over framing story ⓘ
nationalFilmRegistrySelectionYear	1994 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotElement	alien plant pods replicate and replace humans ⓘ
producer	Walter Wanger NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Allied Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	small-town doctor ⓘ
recognizedAs	classic of American cinema ⓘ cult film ⓘ
registrySelectionReason	culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
releaseDate	1956-02-05 ⓘ
releaseYear	1956 ⓘ
remadeAs	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	80 ⓘ
screenwriter	Daniel Mainwaring NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectedFor	United States National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	fictional town of Santa Mira, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Dana Wynter NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgenre	alien invasion film ⓘ paranoia thriller ⓘ
theme	conformity ⓘ loss of individuality ⓘ paranoia ⓘ