Fly, The

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The Fly
Credits
Title:	The Fly
Directed by:	Kurt Neumann
Written by:	James Clavell; George Langelaan
Produced by:	Kurt Neumann
Music by:	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography:	Karl Struss
Edited by:	Merrill G. White
Production
Distributors:	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Released:	July 16th, 1958
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	94 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$700,000
Gross:	$3,000,000
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The Fly is an American feature film of the science fiction and horror genres. It was directed and produced by Kurt Neumann with a script written by James Clavell based on a short story treatment written by George Langelaan. The movie was produced by Twentieth Century Fox and released theatrically in the United States on July 16th, 1958. The film stars Al Hedison as Andre Delambre - a scientist whose work takes a traumatic turn, leading him to mutate into the eponymous "Fly". The movie also stars Patricia Owens as Helen Delambre, Herbert Marshall as Inspector Charas and Vincent Price as François Delambre.

Cast

Actor	Role
Al Hedison	Andre Delambre
Patricia Owens	Helene Delambre
Vincent Price	François Delambre
Herbert Marshall	Inspector Charas
Kathleen Freeman	Emma
Betty Lou Gerson	Nurse Andersone
Charles Herbert	Philippe Delambre

Notes & Trivia

• The Fly, The Fly (1958), and Fly, The (1958) all redirect to this page.
• Production on The Fly began on March 17th, 1958.

Body Count

• Andre Delambre/Fly - Head and arm crushed in hydraulic press by Helene Delambre.
• Fly/Andre Delambre - Smashed with a giant rock by Inspector Charas.

Status Unknown

• Dandelo - Teleported to sights unseen. Disembodied meowing heard in lab.

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External Links

The Fly at AMG The Fly at TCM The Fly at IMDB

The Fly at Wikipedia The Fly at Themoviedb.org The Fly at Rotten Tomatoes

References

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Film Series This article relates to the films within The Fly franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Fly films category. Be afraid... be very afraid. Original Films The Fly • Return of the Fly • Curse of the Fly Remake Films The Fly • The Fly II