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Bennell and Becky escape from the office. To avoid capture, they mimic the impostors' mannerisms and pretend to be part of the huge crowd of replaced townspeople. However, a panicked Becky screams at a near-traffic accident and her reaction exposes their humanity to the aliens. An alarm is sounded
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feeling of pain, of sorrow. The political reference to
Senator McCarthy and totalitarianism was inescapable but I tried not to emphasize it because I feel that motion pictures are primarily to entertain and I did not want to preach." Film scholar
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personalities of each sleeping person placed near it until only the replacement is left; these duplicates, however, are devoid of all human emotion. Little by little, a local doctor uncovers this "quiet" invasion and attempts to stop it.
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to voice the preface and a trailer for the film. He wrote speeches for Welles' opening on June 15, 1955, and worked to persuade Welles to do it, but was unsuccessful. Wanger considered science-fiction author
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visited Finney to talk about the film version and to look at Mill Valley. The location proved too expensive, and Siegel with Allied Artist executives, found locations resembling Mill Valley in the
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for Allied Artists. Kiley turned the role down and Wanger cast
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reworking of the Superscope edition that loses visual detail.
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1442:I Married a Monster from Outer Space
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2790:. London: Faber & Faber, 1993.
2775:. New York: Dell Publishing, 1981.
2270:"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
2246:"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
2041:"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
1989:"'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
1482:in the various roles of the story.
1376:(2005 TV series), and a subplot in
1348:was signed to be the screenwriter.
1340:An untitled fourth adaptation from
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4113:1950s science fiction horror films
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2386:"Chicago Critics' Scariest Films."
1860:. British Film Institute. p.
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1357:(2019), which is also inspired by
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2349:"AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills."
801:Invasion of the defilers of tombs
757:The project was originally named
359:The film's storyline concerns an
3092:The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
1492:The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
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586:as Charlie, the Gas Meter Reader
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3076:Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
2788:A Siegel Film. An Autobiography
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3926:Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
3694:The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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3574:The Bitter Tea of General Yen
2820:New York: Grove Press, 1994.
2760:. Oxon, UK: Routledge, 1992.
2700:New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
2582:McNary, Dave (19 July 2017).
2199:"The Greatest Films of 1956."
1589:
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516:Guy Way as Officer Sam Janzek
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4158:Films directed by Don Siegel
4038:The Adventures of Hajji Baba
3566:Gabriel Over the White House
2880:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
2617:at the Grand Comics Database
2112:Feo Amante's Horror Thriller
1522:Mystery Science Theater 3000
1279:L'Invasione degli Ultracorpi
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773:They Come from Another World
510:as Police Chief Nick Grivett
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4118:Films about alien invasions
4108:1950s science fiction films
2410:"The 25 Best Sci Fi Movies"
2141:Don Siegel. American Cinema
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485:as Theodora "Teddy" Belicec
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3084:Invasion of the Pod People
2953:McCarthyism and the Movies
2818:If They Move ... Kill 'Em!
2696:Grant, Barry Keith. 2010.
1289:The Night America Trembled
1258:), and Spanish market (as
1200:100 Scariest Movie Moments
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1924:Cinefantastiqueonline.com
1778:10.1080/09502360010013848
1732:Weddle 1994, pp. 116–119.
1723:LaValley 1989, pp. 25-26.
1528:The Giant Spider Invasion
1519:The Host segments of the
1485:In 2018, theater company
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2943:: A Tale for Our Times,"
2130:Mirisch 2008, pp. 39–40.
1940:American Cinematographer
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667:, and relative newcomer
537:(uncredited) as Dr. Hill
306:film was shot in 2.00:1
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4173:Films set in California
4153:Films about McCarthyism
3870:We've Never Been Licked
1601:Bernstein 2000, p. 446.
1176:American Film Institute
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892:Internet Movie Database
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2460:"1950s Sci-Fi Movies."
2435:"All-Time 100 Movies."
2013:Maltin's 2009, p. 685.
1968:. Delta. p. 158.
1922:2017-08-22 at Wikiwix
1819:LaValley 1989, p. 126.
1801:LaValley 1989, p. 125.
1561:Planet of the Vampires
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3998:Lady in the Iron Mask
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3373:Death of a Gunfighter
3229:Riot in Cell Block 11
2484:"Top 25 Horror Films"
1964:Peary, Danny (1981).
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1754:LaValley 1989, p. 26.
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450:as Jack Belicec, and
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3630:Every Night at Eight
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3261:Crime in the Streets
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2106:McMullen, E. C. Jr.
2030:, December 21, 1978.
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3966:The Reckless Moment
3782:I Met My Love Again
3654:The Moon's Our Home
3349:Stranger on the Run
3205:No Time for Flowers
2970:The Washington Post
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1655:Library of Congress
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498:as Dr. Dan Kauffman
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3830:Slightly Honorable
3718:You Only Live Once
3662:Her Master's Voice
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2857:TCM Movie Database
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2489:2009-04-14 at the
2465:2009-03-30 at the
2458:Corliss, Richard.
2440:2011-08-16 at the
2391:2015-06-04 at the
2354:2011-07-16 at the
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2327:"AFI's 10 Top 10."
2310:2011-05-15 at the
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1567:Planet of the Apes
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1405:The Puppet Masters
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1395:Robert A. Heinlein
1386:(2019 TV series).
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1360:The Body Snatchers
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1213:magazine included
1092:. You can help by
1073:Critical reception
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2741:Mirisch, Walter.
2736:978-0-451-22468-2
2718:Maltin, Leonard.
2713:978-0-81351-461-1
2691:978-0-39950-111-1
2681:Clarens, Carlos.
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