Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A small‑town physician races to expose and halt an insidious wave of emotionless alien replicas before his entire community is silently taken over.
“There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.”
Synopsis
A small-town doctor discovers that the residents of his community are being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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A crew of 62+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Robert S EisenShot by Ellsworth FredericksScored by Carmen DragonDesigned by Ted Haworth
Box Office
1956 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.2× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$3.0M
Also known as
- Die Dämonischende
- Die Invasion der Körperfresserde
- L'Invasion des profanateurs de sépulturesfr
- (English)Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- L'invasione degli ultracorpiit
- (Bulgarian)Нашествието на крадците на тела
Release dates around the world5 countries · showhide
- United StatesFeb 5, 1956
- CanadaApr 9, 1956
- BrazilJul 14, 1956
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaJul 31, 1956
- United KingdomNov 1, 1956
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Cast & Crew
62 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Carolyn Jones
as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
Kenneth Patterson
as Stanley Driscoll
Kevin Mccarthy
as Dr. Miles J. Bennell
Dana Wynter
as Becky Driscoll
Larry Gates
as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
King Donovan
as Jack Belicec
Jean Willes
as Nurse Sally Withers
Ralph Dumke
as Police Chief Nick Grivett
Virginia Christine
as Wilma Lentz
Tom Fadden
as Uncle Ira Lentz
Carolyn Jones Nm0427700
as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec
Kevin Mccarthy Nm0002994
as Dr. Miles J. Bennell
Supporting cast
16Guy Way
as Police Sgt. Sam Janzek
Eileen Stevens
as Anne Grimaldi
Beatrice Maude
as Grandma Grimaldi
Jean Andren
as Eleda Lentz
Bobby Clark
as Jimmy Grimaldi
Everett Glass
as Dr. Ed Pursey
Dabbs Greer
as Mac Lomax
Pat O Malley
as Baggage Man
Guy Rennie
as Restaurant Owner
Marie Selland
as Martha Lomax
Sam Peckinpah
as Charlie
Harry J Vejar
as Pod Carrier in Miles' Office
Whit Bissell
as Dr. Hill
Richard Deacon
as Dr. Harvey Bassett
Frank Hagney
as Townsman
Robert Osterloh
as Ambulance Driver
Directors
1Writers
3Producers
2Other crew
31James V King
additional camera operator: final sequence (uncredited)
Don Torpin
assistant director (uncredited)
Richard Maybery
assistant director
William Beaudine Jr
assistant director (as Bill Beaudine Jr.)
Jack Finney
based on the Collier's magazine serial by
Ellsworth Fredericks
Cinematographer, director of photography
Carmen Dragon
Composer, music composed and conducted by, conductor
Walter Wanger
Credits
Sam Peckinpah
Crew
Robert S Eisen
Editor, film editor
Darrell Woodhouse
electrician (uncredited)
Mary Westmoreland
hairdresser
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