Feature1956·80m·7.5

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.

Science FictionHorrorThriller

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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Cast

Kevin McCarthy

Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Dana Wynter

Becky Driscoll

King Donovan

Jack Belicec

Carolyn Jones

Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

Larry Gates

Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman

Kenneth Patterson

Stanley Driscoll

Virginia Christine

Wilma Lentz

Jean Willes

Nurse Sally Withers

Ralph Dumke

Police Chief Nick Grivett

Guy Way

Officer Sam Janzek

Bobby Clark

Jimmy Grimaldi

Beatrice Maude

Grandma Grimaldi

Whit Bissell

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Richard Deacon

Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Ambulance Attendant

Guy Rennie

Restaurant Owner

Eileen Stevens

Anne Grimaldi

Tom Fadden

Uncle Ira Lentz

Jean Andren

Eleda Lentz

Everett Glass

Dr. Ed Pursey

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$416,911
Revenue
$3.0M
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Allied Artists PicturesWalter Wanger Productions

Crew

Director

Don Siegel

Writers

Daniel Mainwaring, Richard Collins, Jack Finney

Robert S. Eisen

Editor

Ellsworth Fredericks

Director of Photography

Carmen Dragon

Original Music Composer

Ted Haworth

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

Phills2

6/2/2026

9.0

Invasion of the Body Snatchers has always been on the top of my list of best horror movies ever made. It is solidly suspenseful throughout from beginning to end. The stars even had wax moldings made of themselves to use as the pods, or counterfiet alien clones. It has a lot to say about how modern progress has alienated the individual by suppressing intinctive emotions. I've even recorded it without the tacked on beginning and ending added after test screenings so audiences would not feel excessively depressed about a negative finish. By some accounts, a few viewers didn't take the original version seriously enough.