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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
science fiction film
aspectRatio CinemaScope NERFINISHED
basedOn The Fly (short story) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor George Langelaan NERFINISHED
basedOnPublicationYear 1957
characterPortrayed David Hedison as André Delambre
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
surface form: United States
director Kurt Neumann NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Merrill G. White NERFINISHED
followedBy Curse of the Fly NERFINISHED
Return of the Fly NERFINISHED
genre horror
science fiction
mainCharacter André Delambre NERFINISHED
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
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 NERFINISHED
Quebec NERFINISHED
starred David Hedison NERFINISHED
Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED
Patricia Owens NERFINISHED
Vincent Price NERFINISHED
theme ethics of science
loss of humanity
scientific experimentation gone wrong
title The Fly NERFINISHED

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Vincent Price notableWork The Fly (1958 film)
Lady With the Spinning Head (UV1) developedInto The Fly (1958 film)
this entity surface form: The Fly
Hedison notableWork The Fly (1958 film)
subject surface form: David Hedison
David Hedison notableWork The Fly (1958 film)
David Hedison performedIn The Fly (1958 film)
The Fly basedOn The Fly (1958 film)
subject surface form: The Fly (1986 film)
Seth Brundle basedOnWork The Fly (1958 film)