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After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
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24/04/1963
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Howard Keel
Bill Masen
Janina Faye
Susan - Child on the Train
Nicole Maurey
Christine Durrant
Janette Scott
Karen Goodwin
Mervyn Johns
Mr. Coker
Kieron Moore
Tom Goodwin
Ewan Roberts
Dr. Soames
Alison Leggatt
Miss Coker
Geoffrey Matthews
Luis de la Vega
Gilgi Hauser
Teresa de la Vega
John Tate
Captain - SS Midland
Carole Ann Ford
Bettina
Arthur Gross
Flight 356 Radioman
Colette Wilde
Nurse Jamieson
Ian Wilson
Greenhouse Watchman
Victor Brooks
Poiret
Chris Adcock
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Michael Bishop
Flight 356 Pilot (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Escaped Prisoner (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Blind Man at Station (uncredited)
Mick Dillon
Triffid (uncredited)
Katya Douglas
Mary (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Narrator / Parisian Radio Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
Blind Woman (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
Burly Man (uncredited)
Muriel Greenslade
SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Man in Train Station (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey
Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Edith Pavitt
SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)
Harry Phipps
Man in Train Station (uncredited)
Bill Rayment
Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi
Escaped Prisoner (uncredited)
John Simpson
Blind Man (uncredited)
Esme Smythe
Panicky Blonde on Flight 356 (uncredited)
Sidney Vivian
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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This was solid and surprisingly very effective at getting across both the dread and horrific atmosphere of such a predicament--and would make a very good double bill with Kaufman's (70's) 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. I love my veggies, but I'll never look at a salad the same way again...
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_**Attack of the Plant Monsters**_ After a curious meteor shower creates havoc on Earth, a merchant navy officer (Howard Keel) in England is forced to contend with mobile vegetation-based creatures; meanwhile on an island off of Cornwall a troubled scientist couple working at a lighthouse try to solve the problem (Janette Scott & Kieron Moore). "The Day of the Triffids” (1963) is a British creature feature that borrows from “War of the Worlds” of ten years prior (particularly the ending), but it’s not in the same league. While the creators did their best to create scary-looking plant …
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I loved this film as a child - and almost sixty years later, it is still a very entertaining, fast-moving sci-fi tale. A meteor shower deposits loads of walking plants that render their victims blind. Before we know it, civilisation is facing chaos as there are hardly any folks left who can see - cars and planes are crashing; people are starving - you name it, it's going wrong. A few can still see, and Howard Keel ("Masen") and Nicole Maurey ("Durrant) travel through Europe trying to escape their clutches and make it to a naval base in Cadiz. Meantime, another pair, Janette Scott & Kieron Moor…
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