Invasion of the Body Snatchers
There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.
1956 | 80m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Don Siegel |
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| Writer: | Jack Finney, Richard Collins, Daniel Mainwaring |
| Staring: |
| A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 05, 1956 |
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| Director: | Don Siegel |
| Writer: | Jack Finney, Richard Collins, Daniel Mainwaring |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, small town, alien, black and white, doctor, patient, alien invasion, psychiatrist, alien infection, angry mob, doppelgänger, mystery writer, body snatchers, emotionless, paranoid, abandoned mine, personality change, alien plant-life |
| Production Companies | Allied Artists Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,000,000
Budget: $416,911 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 11, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kevin McCarthy | Dr. Miles J. Bennell |
| Dana Wynter | Becky Driscoll |
| King Donovan | Jack Belicec |
| Carolyn Jones | Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec |
| Larry Gates | Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman |
| Kenneth Patterson | Stanley Driscoll |
| Virginia Christine | Wilma Lentz |
| Jean Willes | Nurse Sally Withers |
| Ralph Dumke | Police Chief Nick Grivett |
| Guy Way | Officer Sam Janzek |
| Bobby Clark | Jimmy Grimaldi |
| Beatrice Maude | Grandma Grimaldi |
| Whit Bissell | Emergency Room Psychiatrist |
| Richard Deacon | Emergency Room Doctor |
| Robert Osterloh | Ambulance Attendant |
| Guy Rennie | Restaurant Owner |
| Eileen Stevens | Anne Grimaldi |
| Tom Fadden | Uncle Ira Lentz |
| Jean Andren | Eleda Lentz |
| Everett Glass | Dr. Ed Pursey |
| Sam Peckinpah | Charlie the Meter Reader |
| Dabbs Greer | Mack Lomax |
| Marie Selland | Martha Lomax |
| Harry J. Vejar | Man carrying pods in Mile's office (extra) |
| J. Pat O'Malley | Railroad Baggage Handler (extra) |
| Richard Deacon | Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited) |
| Frank Hagney | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Robert Osterloh | Ambulance Driver (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Don Siegel | Director |
| Ralph Butler | Sound |
| Jack Finney | Novel |
| Richard Collins | Screenplay |
| Daniel Mainwaring | Screenplay |
| Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Irva Mae Ross | Script Supervisor |
| Jerry Irvin | Music Editor |
| Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
| Carmen Dragon | Original Music Composer |
| Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
| William Beaudine Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Milt Rice | Special Effects |
| Del Harris | Sound Editor |
| Mary Westmoreland | Hairstylist |
| Robert S. Eisen | Editor |
| Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| Allen K. Wood | Production Manager |
| Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 32 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 25 | 37 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 21 | 63 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 480 | 722 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 660 | 771 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 5 | 750 | 863 |