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The Fly

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

7.0(636)19581h 34m5

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

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Status
Released
Budget
$700K
Box office
$3M
Language
French
Part of The Fly Collection · 3 films
  • experiment
  • teleportation
  • inventor
  • mutation
  • hybrid
  • montreal, canada
  • scientist
  • housekeeper
  • spider web
  • told in flashback
  • fly (insect)
  • house fly

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Kurt Neumann

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical16 Jul 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalLondon31 Jul 1958
    • Theatrical14 Sept 1958
    • PhysicalPGDVD5 Nov 2012
    • PhysicalPGBluray16 Sept 2013
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1613 May 1959
    • TheatricalRe-release25 Jun 1975
    • TheatricalRe-release2 Feb 1983
    • TheatricalRe-release4 Jul 2008
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical16West Germany3 Oct 1958
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical123 Oct 1958
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical5 Sept 1958
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical3 Oct 1958
    • Physical16DVD29 Jan 2007
    • Physical16Bluray7 Oct 2011

Frequently asked questions

The Fly was released on 16 July 1958.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/21/2020

    8/10

    It'd be funny if life wasn't so sacred. The Fly is directed by Kurt Neumann and adapted to screenplay by James Clavell from the short story written by George Langelaan. It stars David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman and Betty Lou Gerson. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Karl Struss. When science goes berserk, The Fly finds Hedison as scientist Andre De…

  • W

    Wuchak

    6/15/2022

    8/10

    **_“Help me, help me”_** An inventor (David Hedison) creates an amazing teleportation device that leads to horrific problems. Patricia Owens plays his loving wife, Vincent Price his brother and Herbert Marshall an inspector. "The Fly" (1958) is classic 50’s sci-fi/horror that led to two B&W sequels (1959, 1965) and two remakes in the 80s (1986, 1989). Just so there’s no mistake, this is in full color and was ne…

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