"Everyone Knows a Machine Cannot Kill. Except the Machine."

1974

1h 14m

5.3(52 votes)

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Science Fiction

Thriller

Horror

Overview

A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Clint Walker

Lloyd Kelly

Carl Betz

Dennis Holvig

Neville Brand

Chub Foster

James Wainwright

Jules 'Dutch' Krasner

Robert Urich

Mack McCarthy

James A. Watson, Jr

Al Beltran

Creative team

Directed by: Jerry London
Produced by: Herbert F. Solow

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