Invasion of the Body Snatchers

It is frequently cited as an indictment of the paranoid tendencies of McCarthyism during the early stages of the Cold War.

It was adapted by Richard Collins[?] (uncredited), Daniel Mainwaring[?] and Sam Peckinpah from the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney[?]. It was directed by Don Siegel.

A movie with the same title was made in 1978, starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams[?], Jeff Goldblum[?] and Veronica Cartwright[?]. Kevin McCarthy, the star of the original film, has a cameo as a man screaming about aliens. The Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia also has a cameo in this film. The 1978 version was adapted by W.D. Richter[?] and directed by Philip Kaufman[?].

A 1993 version, called Body Snatchers, stars Terry Kinney[?], Meg Tilly[?] and Gabrielle Anwar[?]. It was adapted by Raymond Cistheri[?], Larry Cohen[?], Stuart Gordon[?], Dennis Paoli[?] and Nicholas St. John[?]. It was directed by Abel Ferrara[?].

The original version has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.