The Fly

"If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!"

Jul 16 1958 Approved 1h 34m
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.

Plot

After her husband Andre Delambre is crushed to death in a mechanical press, his wife recounts to his brother Francois Delambre and police Inspector Charas the events of the previous few months. They were very much in love and with their little boy, a very happy family. Andre was experimenting with teleportation - transporting objects from one point to another by breaking the object down to the atomic level and then reassembling it in a receiver a distance away. The system had some glitches - it seemed to work with inanimate object but his cat disappeared when he tried teleporting it. He thinks he's solved all of the problems with his invention and decides to try and teleport himself. When a fly enters the teleportation device with him, disaster strikes.

Written by

James Clavell, George Langelaan

Directed by

Kurt Neumann

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Regal Films, 20th Century Fox

Languages

Français, English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
26,652
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA