The Satan Bug (1965)

19651h 50mdir. John SturgesUnited Statesscience fiction filmspy film

With George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Ed Asner, Frank Sutton, John Anderson, Hari Rhodes

Directed by John Sturges

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The Satan Bug is a 1965 American crime science fiction suspense film from United Artists, produced and directed by John Sturges, that stars George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews. The screenplay by James Clavell and Edward Anhalt was loosely based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean, written under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. The film score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film featured the first use of a stabilized camera mount, invented by Nelson Tyler, placed on a helicopter.

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