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Contamination

Contamination

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Contamination

"You can feel them in your blood!"

1980

1h 35m

5.2(142 votes)

Science Fiction

Horror

Overview

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

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Production Companies

The Cannon Group

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ian McCulloch

Ian McCulloch

Commander Ian Hubbard

Louise Marleau

Louise Marleau

Colonel Stella Holmes

Marino Masé

Marino Masé

Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD

Siegfried Rauch

Siegfried Rauch

Hamilton

Gisela Hahn

Gisela Hahn

Perla de la Cruz

Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo

Agent Young

Carlo Monni

Carlo Monni

Dr. Turner

Mike Morris

Mike Morris

Dr. Hilton (uncredited)

Brigitte Wagner

Doctor (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Angelo Ragusa

Warehouse Worker (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Luigi Cozzi
Written by: Luigi Cozzi
Erich Tomek
Produced by: Claudio Mancini

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