Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 American science-fiction horror film directed by Don Siegel and produced by Walter Wanger. It is adapted by Daniel Mainwaring from Jack Finney's 1954 science-fiction novel The Body Snatchers, originally serialized in Collier's magazine. It stars Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter, with supporting roles played by Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes and Ralph Dumke. The film's storyline concerns an extraterrestrial invasion that begins in the fictional California town of Santa Mira. Alien plant spores have fallen from space and grown into large seed pods, each one capable of producing a visually identical copy of a human.

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