Scanners
1253 reviews
Sci-Fi/Horror
1h 43m
1981
After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such...
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After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
- DirectorDavid Cronenberg
- Release14 January 1981
- Genre
- Duration1h 43m
- Budget$4,100,000
- Revenue$14,225,876
- Rate1253 reviews
- Productions
Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Cast

Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok

Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce

Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz

Géza Kovács
Killer in Record Store

Sonny Forbes
Killer in Attic

Louis Del Grande
First Scanner

Anthony Sherwood
Scanner in Attic

Jock Brandis
Scanner in Attic

Victor Knight
Dr. Frane

Alex Stevens
Programmer 3

Neil Affleck
Student

Chris Britton
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Leon Herbert
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

William Hope
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)

Chuck Shamata
Tony (uncredited)
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