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The Body Stealers (Original title)Invasion of the Body Stealers (Alternative title)Thin Air (Alternative title)
Dates: 1969 (Copyright), 1969 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Gerry Levy

Synopsis: Science Fiction. Alien creatures from another world steal the bodies of parachutists and keep them in suspended animation.

Genre:
Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 1969not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8150 Feet
Date: 1969Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (21)
©/Production Company: Tigon British Productions Ltd., Production Company: Sagittarius Productions, Executive Producer: Henry S. White, Producer: Tony Tenser, Production Manager: John Workman, Assistant Director: John Workman, Continuity: Iris Karney, Screenplay: Mike St. Clair, Additional material: Peter Marcus, Director of Photography: John Coquillon, Camera Operator: Peter Hendry, Editor: Howard Lanning, Assistant Editor: Marion Curren, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Make-up: Bunty Phillips, Hair: Olga Angelinetta, Hair: Carol Beckett, Music composed and conducted: Reg Tilsley, Sound: Robert Peck, Sound: Hugh Strain
Cast (31)
George Sanders (General Armstrong), Maurice Evans (Dr. Matthews), Patrick Allen (Bob Megan), Neil Connery (Jim Radford), Hilary Dwyer (Julie Slade), Robert Flemyng (Wing Cmdr. Baldwin), Lorna Wilde (Lorna), Allan Cuthbertson (Hindesmith), Michael Culver (Lt. Bailes), Sally Faulkner (Joanna), Shelagh Fraser (Mrs. Thatcher), Carl Rigg (Pilot Officer Briggs), Carol-Anne Hawkins (Paula), Michael Graham, Brian Harrison (Pilot), Dixon Adams (David), Derek Pollitt (Davies), Max Latimer (Guard Sergeant), Ralph Carrigan (M.P.), Johnny Wade (Orderly), Edward Kelsey (1st Control Officer), Dennis Chinnery (2nd Control Officer), Colin Rix (Control Sergeant), Michael Warren (Harry), Steve Kirby (Driver), Leslie Schofield (Gate Guard), Arnold Peters (Mr. Smith), Clifford Earl (Sergeant in Lab), Larry Dann (Jeep Driver), Michael Goldie (Despatch Driver), Wanda Moore (New Secretary)