The Andromeda Strain

Dr. Jeremy Stone recounts the events before the United States Senate Committee on Space Sciences in 1971:

After a U.S. government satellite crashes near the small rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico, on February 5, nearly all the residents are dead. A military recovery team from Vandenberg Air Force Base attempts to recover the satellite but dies while trying to do so. Suspecting that the satellite has brought back an alien organism, the military activates an elite team of scientists.

MPAA Rating:	G
Genre:	Sci Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Robert Wise
Directed By:	Robert Wise
Written By:	Michael Crichton, Nelson Gidding
Cast:	Walter Brooke, Joe Di Reda, Eric Christmas, Joe Billings, Gary Waynesmith, Victoria Paige Meyerink, James Olson, Quinn K. Redeker, Lisa Daniels, Ramon Bieri, Theodore Lehmann, Peter Helm, Arthur Hill, Ken Swofford, Sandra Ego, Bart La Rue, Kate Reid, Jason Johnson, Alma Platt, Michael Crichton, Don Ellis, James W. Gavin, Walker Edmiston, Bill Dunbar, Jan Burrell, Rhodie Cogan, Susan Brown, Georgia Schmidt, Carl Reindel, John Carter, Patty Bodeen, Tom McDonough, Paula Kelly, David McLean, Len Wayland, David Wayne, Gilchrist Stuart, Mark Jenkins, Russ Whiteman, Lorna Thayer, Emory Parnell, Reuben Singer, Lance Fuller, Peter Hobbs, Joan Swift, Harold Dyrenforth, Paul Ballantyne, Kermit Murdock, Midori, Michael Pataki, Judy Farrell, Richard O'Brien, Dee Carroll, Garry Walberg, George Mitchell, Cliff Medaugh, Glenn Langan, Richard Bull, Frances Reid
In Theaters:	Aug 28, 1971
Runtime:	2 hours 11 minutes
Production:	Robert Wise Productions
Budget:	$6,500,000
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