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The Andromeda Strain

The picture runs 130 minutes... The story covers 96 of the most critical hours in man's history... The suspense will last through your lifetime!

7.0(855)19712h 11m5

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form, unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6.5M
Box office
$12.4M
Language
English
  • biological weapon
  • based on novel or book
  • biology
  • new mexico
  • epilepsy
  • chemistry
  • secret lab
  • disaster
  • alien invasion
  • epidemic
  • nuclear threat
  • government scientist

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Behind the camera

Director

Robert Wise

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG12 Mar 1971
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG1 Jul 1971
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM24 Aug 1971
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical16Universal10 Nov 1971
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1512 Mar 1971
  • FinlandFI

    • TVK-1612 Mar 1971
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical10 Apr 1972
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical125 Jan 1972
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical165 Jul 1973
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG5 May 1972
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical12 Oct 1971
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1228 Aug 1971

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The Andromeda Strain was released on 12 March 1971.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    12/29/2018

    8/10

    Frighteningly absorbing piece of fiction that's fused with fact. A satellite from the SCOOP project has crashed into the desert town of Piedmont, the SCOOP project basically entails that the satellite scoops outer space for any alien micro-organisms. After the crash all the residents of Piedmont are killed with the exception of a baby and an old gentleman booze hound. Mankind is on the verge of being destroyed by …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/22/2026

    7/10

    When most of the population of a New Mexico town are found dead, scientists are quickly on the scene and discover that there appears to be some sort of lethal pathogen on the loose. Is it natural? A virus? From here or from outer space after a satellite recently crashed nearby? Well fortunately, Uncle Sam has a state of the art facility buried deep underground with five levels of sanitized security where “Stone” (Art…

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