Storyline
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents..
Directors
Cast
John Carter, Arthur Hill, Ramon Bieri, Eric Christmas, James Olson, Paula Kelly, Ken Swofford, Peter Hobbs, David Wayne, Kate Reid, George Mitchell, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Mark Jenkins, Peter Helm, Joe Di Reda, Carl Reindel, Frances Reid, Richard Bull, Glenn Langan, Sandra de Bruin, Susan Brown, Bart La Rue
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Reviews
80
Empire
Wise (and Crichton) concoct the most absorbing, riveting take on science fiction tempered with science fact.
75
The Andromeda Strain is a splendid entertainment that will get you worried about whether they'll be able to contain that strange blob of alien green crystal.
75
Robert Wise's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel about a deadly space pathogen trades in the genre's cosmic pulp and head-trippiness for a procedural-like seriousness. Germaphobes, proceed with extreme caution.
60
Robert Wise brings his Academy Award-winning sobriety and meticulousness to a pulp tale that cries out for the slapdash vigor of a Roger Corman.
60
The New Yorker
Robert Wise, who made this expensive version of the Michael Crichton novel, having chosen a fanatically realistic documentary style, has failed to solve the dramatic problems in the original story. The suspense is strong, but not pleasurable.
