The Andromeda Strain
“The picture runs 130 minutes... The story covers 96 of the most critical hours in man's history... The suspense will last through your lifetime!”
Robert WiseCast
James Olson 
Arthur Hill 
David Wayne 
Kate Reid 
Paula Kelly 
George Mitchell
Credits
Written by: 
Michael Crichton
Plot
A military satellite returns to Earth and brings back a microorganism that kills almost everyone in a small Arizona town within hours. A team of four scientists is locked inside an underground laboratory to find out what it is, how it kills and how to stop it, as the facility's own self-destruct system counts down. Based on Michael Crichton's novel.
Sinekatalog’s take
A cool, procedural science thriller that treats science as a team effort with lab coats, split screens and lots of procedure. It paved the way for the realistic outbreak films that followed.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (44,888 votes)
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