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The Swarm
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
1978 · Directed by Irwin Allen · 116 min · Science Fiction · Horror · 13 frames
Tagline
Monsters by the millions - and they're all for real!
Crew
- Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
- Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp
- Edited by: Harold F. Kress
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Stan Jolley
- Produced by: Irwin Allen
Cast
- Michael Caine as Brad Crane
- Katharine Ross as Helena
- Richard Widmark as General Slater
- Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Hubbard
- Olivia de Havilland as Maureen
- Ben Johnson as Felix
- Lee Grant as Anne MacGregor
- José Ferrer as Dr. Andrews
- Patty Duke as Rita
- Slim Pickens as Jud Hawkins
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $21,000,000
- Box office: $7,700,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, insect, panic, texas, animal attack, train crash, survival, disaster, bee, survival horror
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