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    Fly, The (1958)

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    A series of successful experiments convince brilliant and obsessive scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) that he has finally perfected a machine that can transmit matter. But there are horrifying results when he decides to use the machine on himself.

    This is no match for the superior (and far less camp) David Cronenberg remake (1986), but it’s still a slick slice of absurdist 1950s sci-fi in its own right.

    Based on a Playboy short story and with a script by Shogun writer James Clavell, the plot here sees matter-transmitter experiments giving Andre the head and arm of a common house fly, while Vincent Price, as Hedison’s brother, François, has histrionics about family curses.

    Enjoyable enough if you can ignore the inconsistencies of the premise, this plush flesh-crawler – filmed in only 18 days – includes many marvellous moments to savour, not least of which is the fly’s eye prism view and the tiny half-human/half-fly trapped in a cobweb shrieking “Help me!”.

    Andre Delambre
    David (Al) Hedison
    Helene Delambre
    Patricia Owens
    François Delambre
    Vincent Price
    Inspector Charas
    Herbert Marshall
    Emma
    Kathleen Freeman
    Nurse Andersone
    Betty Lou Gerson
    Philippe Delambre
    Charles Herbert
    Dr Ejoute
    Eugene Borden
    Gaston
    Torben Meyer

    Director
    Kurt Neumann

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