The Andromeda Strain (movie)
- User score: 7.1
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Robert Wise
- Production companies: Robert Wise Productions
- Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Budget: $6,500,000
- Revenue: $12,376,563
- Release date: 3/12/1971
- Run time: 131 min.
Movie description
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
