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The Andromeda Strain
Directed by
Robert Wise
G
1971
2h 11m
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Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
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Cast of The Andromeda Strain
Arthur Hill
Dr. Jeremy Stone
David Wayne
Dr. Charles Dutton
James Olson
Dr. Mark Hall
Kate Reid
Dr. Ruth Leavitt
Paula Kelly
Karen Anson
George Mitchell
Jackson
Ramon Bieri
Major Manchek
Peter Hobbs
General Sparks
Kermit Murdock
Dr. Robertson
Richard O'Brien
Grimes
Eric Christmas
Senator from Vermont
Mark Jenkins
Lt. Shawn (Piedmont team)
Peter Helm
Sgt. Crane (Piedmont team)
Joe Di Reda
Wildfire Computer Sgt. Burk
Carl Reindel
Lt. Comroe
Ken Swofford
Toby (technician)
Frances Reid
Clara Dutton
Richard Bull
Air Force Major
John Carter
MP Capt. Morton
Glenn Langan
Cabinet Secretary (uncredited)
The Andromeda Strain Ratings & Reviews
Village Voice
Stephen Handzo
In a humanist blast at NASA, the film clinically details the obsessive compulsive decontamination of the human body, ironically to meet a crisis caused by the search for bigger and dirtier germ cultures.
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
Robert Wise's The Andromeda Strain, a hard-sci-fi procedural slash disaster thriller, is a fascinating early example of large-scale blockbuster filmmaking with a brain.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
Over 50 years later, The Andromeda Strain remains one of the best films in the killer virus genre in terms of accuracy and attention to detail.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
'70s book-based sci-fi classic has violence, peril.
Los Angeles Free Press
Norman Spinrad
If hard science is your bag, go see it.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Though it's essentially the godfather of the outbreak disaster genre, The Andromeda Strain is a slow sci-fi procedural that hasn't aged well.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
There's much to admire.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
Does a great job of bottling up and then slowly releasing tension.
TIME Magazine
Stefan Kanfer
Despite its trappings, the plot employs nothing but the conventional weaponry of the grade-B thriller.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Robert Wise's version of Chrihton's popular novel is a decent (but no more) film, with some good art design.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Disquieting
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
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.
TV Guide
An intriguing, suspenseful story is somewhat hampered by a dull cast. The last sequence will have you on the edge of your seat.
Variety
Variety Staff
Nelson Gidding's adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel is too literal and talky.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding focus on the details and the science of the story, giving it a natural suspense that nearly holds up for the entire 131 minutes.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
A great book, but a mind-boggling boring movie.
New York Times
Roger Greenspun
Nothing very exciting goes on.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Splendid entertainment that will get you worried about whether they'll be able to contain that strange blob of alien green crystal.
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