The Day of the Triffids
1962·United Kingdom·93 min.
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A meteor shower disrupts the earth's ecosystem, blinds all who observed it and awakens meat-eating plants. As the hungry foliage grow ever faster, a sighted sailor and an alcoholic scientist help save humanity from becoming plant food. Script originally credited to Phillip Yordan, who acted as a blacklist-era "front" for Gordon.
MusicRon Goodwin
CinematographyTed Moore
CastHoward Keel·Janette Scott·Nicole Maurey·Kieron Moore·Mervyn Johns·Janina Faye·Alison Leggatt·Ewan Roberts·Carole Ann Ford
Original titleThe Day of the Triffids
Also known asInvasion of the Triffids