The Day of the Triffids (1962)

Movie Details

Title

The Day of the Triffids

Original Title

The Day of the Triffids

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Tagline

Beware the triffids... they grow... know... walk... talk... stalk... and kill!

Release Date

1 July 1962

Overview

A shower of meteorites produces a rare night time spectacle that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the World's population go completely blind. In the original novel, this chaos results in the escape of Triffids: farmed plants harvested for their oils, which are capable of moving themselves around and are carnivorous. In this film version, however, the Triffids are not indigenous plants. Instead they are space aliens whose spores have arrived in this and an earlier meteor shower. Derided by the original novel's author, John Wyndham, for straying so far away from the source material.

Director

Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis

Actors

Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts, Alison Leggatt, Geoffrey Matthews, Janina Faye, Gilgi Hauser, John Tate, Carole Ann Ford, Arthur Gross, Victor Brooks, Colette Wilde

Writer

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Author

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Producer

George Pitcher

Director of Photography

Ted Moore

Original Music Composer

Ron Goodwin

Country

 United Kingdom

Languages

English

Runtime

1 h 34 min

Production

Allied Artists Pictures, Security Pictures Ltd.

Budget

$750,000

Certification

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Revenue

0

IMDB

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