The Fly (1958 film)
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The Fly (1958 film) is a classic science fiction–horror movie about a scientist whose teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, leading to a terrifying human-fly hybrid.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fly (1958 film) canonical | 6 |
| The Fly | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Fly (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | George Langelaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnPublicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
David Hedison as André Delambre
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Herbert Marshall as Inspector Charas ⓘ Patricia Owens as Hélène Delambre ⓘ Vincent Price as François Delambre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Struss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color by DeLuxe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Kurt Neumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Merrill G. White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Curse of the Fly
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Return of the Fly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
André Delambre
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François Delambre NERFINISHED ⓘ Hélène Delambre NERFINISHED ⓘ Inspector Charas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Sawtell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | framed as a murder investigation and confession ⓘ |
| notableFor | early use of body horror in mainstream American cinema ⓘ |
| notableScene |
The reveal of André Delambre with a fly head and clawed arm
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The tiny fly with a human head crying "Help me!" in a spider web ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A scientist becomes a human-fly hybrid after a teleportation experiment goes wrong. ⓘ |
| producer | Kurt Neumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958-07-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | The Fly (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Clavell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Montreal
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Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
David Hedison
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Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
ethics of science
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loss of humanity ⓘ scientific experimentation gone wrong ⓘ |
| title | The Fly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Fly
subject surface form:
David Hedison