The Swarm
1978 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Legendarily chintzy "event" producer Irwin Allen (The Towering Inferno) went out with a gargantuan buzz-on with this jaw-droppingly goofy disaster flick. No cliché is left unturned, as a hyperactive strain of hallucination-inducing killer bees get it into their microscopic brains to derail a commuter train, destroy a nuclear power plant, and otherwise decimate a veritable cornucopia of washed-up Match Game panelists (Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, and narcoleptic dreamboat Richard Chamberlain are just a few of the legendary has-beens to get fatally stung by what appears to be airborne coffee grounds). Be sure to stay tuned through the closing credits for a (lawsuit-preventing?) coda absolving the good ol' hardworking American honeybee of any and all sinister charges depicted herein. An irresistibly hilarious chunk of honey-roasted cheese--'70s style.
Direction Irwin Allen
Cast Michael Caine · Katharine Ross · Richard Widmark · Henry Fonda · Richard Chamberlain · Olivia de Havilland · Ben Johnson · Lee Grant · José Ferrer · Fred MacMurray · Patty Duke · Slim Pickens · Cameron Mitchell · Bradford Dillman
Soundtrack Jerry Goldsmith
Screenplay Stirling Silliphant
Cinematography Fred J. Koenekamp
Original title The Swarm
4.6
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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