The Fly
If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$700 000
Box office
$3 000 000
Director
Actors
David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson, Charles Herbert, Eugene Borden, George Calliga, Harry Carter
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Paul Sawtell
Artist
Audition
Editing
Merrill G. White
Whole Team (27)
Whole Team (27)
Short description
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on George Langelaan's 1957 novella “The Fly.”
- The film was a huge success and also became Kurt Neumann's highest-grossing film. However, he never knew this, as he died a month after the premiere, a week before the film's wide release.
- Kurt Neumann exploited the fact that actress Pat Owens was afraid of insects by not showing her the fly makeup in advance.
- The screenplay for this film was the first cinematic work of screenwriter James Clavell, who later became famous for his novel 'Shōgun'.
- The lead role was initially offered to Michael Rennie, but he declined as he did not want to spend most of the film with his face obscured.
- The props for Delambre's laboratory cost the studio only $28,000.
- The film was included by Stephen King in his list of 100 most significant horror films from 1950 to 1980.
- Kurt Neumann exploited the actress Pat Owens' fear of insects by not showing her the fly makeup prematurely.
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