The Swarm (film)
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| Directed by | Irwin Allen |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
| Screenplay by | Stirling Silliphant |
| Based on |
The Swarm by Arthur Herzog |
| Starring |
Michael Caine Katharine Ross Richard Widmark Richard Chamberlain Olivia de Havilland Ben Johnson Lee Grant Jose Ferrer Patty Duke Slim Pickens Bradford Dillman Fred MacMurray Henry Fonda Cameron Mitchell |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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116 minutes 156 minutes (extended cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21 million or $11.5 million |
| Box office | $7.6 million |
| The Swarm Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| Soundtrack album by Jerry Goldsmith | |
| Released | July 1978 |
| Recorded | 1978 (The Burbank Studios) |
| Genre | Film score |
| Length | 35:57 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Producer | Jerry Goldsmith |
The Swarm is a 1978 American disaster-horror film about a killer bee invasion of Texas. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by Arthur Herzog.
The director was Irwin Allen, and the cast included Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Bradford Dillman, Fred MacMurray (in his final film appearance), and Henry Fonda. It received negative reviews, was a box office failure, and many consider it to be one of the worst films ever made. It did receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Paul Zastupnevich). This is the last film to be edited by Harold F. Kress.
A group of soldiers led by Maj. Baker (Bradford Dillman) is ordered to investigate the basement level of a missile base which appears to have been attacked. After Baker contacts his commander, Gen. Slater (Richard Widmark), they begin to investigate who drove a civilian van into the base. It is revealed to be owned by a scientist named Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), the only survivor of the attack. Slater orders two helicopters to check for a black mass (revealed to be bees), but the two helicopters are swarmed by the bees and crash, killing the pilots inside. Crane insists to Slater that the base was attacked by the same African killer bees that destroyed the helicopters. Helena Anderson (Katharine Ross), one of the base's doctors, supports Crane's story.
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