USA
Feature Film
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring, Jack Finney
Cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks
Composer: Carmen Dragon
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke
An entertaining adaptation of Jack Finney’s much filmed (officially and unofficially) novel, The Body Snatchers (1955), in which a small town doctor stumbles upon a subtle alien invasion; but, as fun as it is, it’s an adaptation hampered by clumsy, expository dialogue and unwieldy allegory. Iain.Stott
Feature Film
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring, Jack Finney
Cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks
Composer: Carmen Dragon
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke
An entertaining adaptation of Jack Finney’s much filmed (officially and unofficially) novel, The Body Snatchers (1955), in which a small town doctor stumbles upon a subtle alien invasion; but, as fun as it is, it’s an adaptation hampered by clumsy, expository dialogue and unwieldy allegory. Iain.Stott
