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The Crazies

Why are the good people dying?

6.1(430)19731h 43m4

The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

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Status
Released
Budget
$275K
Box office
$143.8K
Language
English
  • small town
  • biological weapon
  • quarantine
  • pennsylvania, usa
  • murder
  • disease
  • scientist
  • epidemic
  • death
  • military police
  • virus
  • plague

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR16 Mar 1973
    • PremiereRNew York23 Mar 1973
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated X9 Feb 1978
    • Physical18VHS14 Sept 1994
    • Physical18DVD24 Dec 2003
    • Theatrical (limited)18Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival24 Sept 2017
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1821 Dec 1979
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalVM1410 Jun 1974
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical16 Jan 2010

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The Crazies was released on 16 March 1973.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/1/2023

    5/10

    I suppose this might resonate more now in the wake of the recent global lockdown, but I'm afraid I found it all rather tame and predictable. A devastating virus is accidentally released in a small Pennsylvania town and the military have to contain it before the gradual, but irreversible, insanity it causes spreads throughout the entire country. Responsibility for this onerous task rests firmly with "Col. Peckem" (Llo…

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