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7.0Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
Released: 1958-07-1694 minDir: Kurt NeumannScience Fiction, Horror, DramaBudget: $700,000Box office: $3.0MPart of: The Fly Collection
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Cast
- David Hedison as Andre Delambre
- Patricia Owens as Helene Delambre
- Vincent Price as François Delambre
- Herbert Marshall as Insp. Charas
- Kathleen Freeman as Emma
- Betty Lou Gerson as Nurse Andersone
Themes
- experiment
- teleportation
- inventor
- mutation
- hybrid
- montreal, canada
- scientist
- housekeeper
- spider web
- told in flashback
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- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197574
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- publication date
- 1958-07-16
- title
- The Fly
- box office
- 3000000
- capital cost
- 495000
- review score
- 62/100
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1950s horror thriller films1950s monster movies1950s science fiction horror films1958 American films1958 English-language films1958 films1958 French-language films1958 horror films1958 science fiction films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican CinemaScope filmsAmerican mad scientist filmsAmerican monster moviesAmerican science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language horror thriller filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsFiction about experimental medical treatmentsFiction about mariticideFilms about fliesFilms about shapeshiftingFilms about teleportationFilms based on science fiction short storiesFilms directed by Kurt NeumannFilms scored by Paul Sawtell