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The Day of the Triffids (1963)

The Day of the Triffids (1963)

  • Duration: 01:34:00
  • Year: 1963
  • Rating: NR
  • Cast: 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, Colette Wilde, Ian Wilson, Victor Brooks, Chris Adcock, Michael Bishop, Ernest Blyth, Jimmy Charters, Maxwell Craig, Mick Dillon, Katya Douglas, Peter Dyneley, Mabel Etherington, Thomas Gallagher, Muriel Greenslade, George Hilsdon, Gerry Judge, Frederick Kelsey, Juba Kennerley, Jim O'Brady, Edith Pavitt, Harry Phipps, Bill Rayment, Ernie Rice, Johnny Rossi, John Simpson, Esme Smythe, Sidney Vivian, Joe Wadham, Fred Wood
  • Directors: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
  • Writers: Bernard Gordon, Philip Yordan, John Wyndham
  • Genre: Cult Classic, Sci-Fi|Monster, Sci-Fi|Aliens, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi|Horror, Sci-Fi|Alien Invasion, Sci-Fi|Meteors, Sci-Fi|Plants, Horror
A meteor shower creates a blinding glow, leading to chaos and the escape of Triffids. In the novel, they are experimental, mobile plants, while in the film, they are space aliens whose spores arrived in a previous shower.