Invasion of the Body Snatchers

"There was nothing to hold onto - except each other."

Feb 5 1956 Approved 1h 20m
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

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

Plot

Dr. Miles Bennell returns to his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. He is initially skeptical, especially when the alleged doppelgangers are able to answer detailed questions about their victim's lives, but he is eventually persuaded that something odd has happened and determines to find out what is causing this phenomenon.

Written by

Daniel Mainwaring, Jack Finney, Richard Collins

Directed by

Don Siegel

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Walter Wanger Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
57,028
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
92
Popularity
NA