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.

• DirectorRobert Wise
• Release12 March 1971
• Genre
  Science Fiction / Thriller
• Duration2h 11m
• Budget$6,500,000
• Revenue$12,376,563
• Rate
  

  7.0
  713 reviews
• Productions

  Robert Wise Productions