The Andromeda Strain

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.

The Andromeda Strain



A U.S. Army satellite (Scoop VII) falls to earth near Piedmont, New Mexico. The recovery team experiences difficulties as it becomes clear that the satellite has performed its intended function all too well, and has brought back something from space. A team of scientists is assembled in a high-tech, underground facility to identify and defeat the "enemy" before it is too late. Written by Bruce Janson <bruce@cs.su.oz.au>





When the capsule of the Scoop Mission returns to Earth and lands in the small town! of Piedmont, it brings a mutant living being and all the population, except a crying baby and an old man with ulcer, dies with clotted blood. A team of five scientists - the leader Dr. Jeremy Stone, Dr. Charles Dutton, Dr. Mark Hall, Dr. Ruth Leavitt and Dr. Kirkie - are summoned and gathered together in the top secret Wildfire facility. Fighting against time, they try to understand the reason why the old man and the baby survived and research an antidote to Andromeda, the ultimate biological weapon. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Genres: Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Release year: 1971