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The Andromeda Strain
UNITED STATES · 1971

The Andromeda Strain

Robert Wise
extraterrestrial contamination biological warfare scientific investigation quarantine protocol space exploration consequences
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Synopsis

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-o

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