The Fly (1958 film)
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| Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
| Produced by | Kurt Neumann |
| Written by | Short story: George Langelaan Screenplay: James Clavell |
| Starring | Vincent Price Al Hedison Patricia Owens Herbert Marshall Kathleen Freeman Betty Lou Gerson Charles Herbert |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 29 August 1958 |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
| Followed by | Return of the Fly |
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The Fly (1958) is an American science-fiction/horror film, directed by Kurt Neumann. The screenplay was written by James Clavell (his first), from the short story "The Fly" by George Langelaan.
It was remade under the same title in 1986, and was slated to be remade again in 2006. The latter remake has been delayed.
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A Canadian scientist (Al Hedison) has an horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device (although that word is never used in the film). As he attempts to transport himself, a fly gets inside the machine and the two are hopelessly scrambled together. The scientist emerges as a half-man, half-fly hybrid — a human with a fly's head and insect claw. Pathetically he attempts to reverse the process to return himself to normal, but fails and when he realises that his mind is being overtaken by that of the fly he asks his wife to kill him using a machine press. In the famous twist ending, the scientist's brother and Inspector Charas hear a tiny voice coming from a nearby spider's web; they make the dreadful discovery of a tiny creature with the scientist's emaciated head and the body of a fly, shrieking, "Help me! Help me!" as it is about to be devoured by a spider. The inspector, horrified by the sight, mercifully crushes the prey and predator with a stone.
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