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The Swarm is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irwin Allen released in USA on 14 july 1978 with Michael Caine
The Swarm (1978)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 july 1978
Length 1h56
Directed by Irwin Allen
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Disaster films, American disaster films, Film de catastrophe animalière
Rating45%
The Swarm is a 1978 science fiction monster horror film about a killer bee invasion of Texas. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by Arthur Herzog.
The director was Irwin Allen, and the cast included Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Bradford Dillman, Fred MacMurray (in his final film appearance), and Henry Fonda. Despite negative reviews and being a box office failure, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. This is the last film to be edited by Harold F. Kress.
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A group of soldiers led by Maj. Baker (Bradford Dillman) is ordered to investigate a basement level station which they believed was attacked. After Baker contacts his commander, Gen. Slater (Richard Widmark), they begin to investigate who drove a civilian van into the base. It is revealed to be owned by a scientist named Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), the only survivor of the attack. Slater orders two helicopters to check for a black mass (revealed to be bees), but the two helicopters are swarmed by the bees and crash, killing the pilots inside. Crane insists to Slater that the base was attacked by the same African killer bees that destroyed the helicopters. Helena Anderson (Katharine Ross), one of the base's doctors, supports Crane's story.Actors
Michael Caine
(Brad Crane)
Katharine Ross
(Capt. Helena Anderson)
Richard Widmark
(Gen. Thaddeus Slater)
Richard Chamberlain
(Dr. Hubbard)
Olivia de Havilland
(Maureen Schuester)
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