VIRUS
(AKA: THE END)(1980)
Not a bad little film really, with some really talented
actors here, not just the known ones, but the "extras"
too! Worth a watch to see some of the greats of TV/movies
in action: Glen Ford, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Chuck
Conners!
As an aside here, all nudity/sex has been removed!! B
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
After Dr. Strangelove and Fail Safe I'm ready for anything.
I personally believe the thought of germ warfare to be the
most insidious of human possibilities. The people left in
charge of these kinds of possibilities are entrusted with
things they can't even fathom. You get the military mentality
that any weapon is fine as long as it's used on someone
else. This movie has a double whammy. Just when you at least
have a chance to repopulate the planet, we are privy to
the fact that both the U.S. and the Soviet Union have doomsday
devices. "Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!" These things are designed
to go off in retaliation for the first strike of each of the
nuclear powers. This Italian flu that has destroyed all but
the Antarctic survivors (too cold for the virus) is being
allowed to die off when the word comes. At least there is
a sane effort to do something about this. The version I
had was in pretty good shape and runs around 110 minutes
(which I think is still a little short of complete). It
had quite a bit of impact, even though one can sense
editing glitches. It has quite an all star cast and looks
pretty good. I had never heard of it until it came with
a group of horror films. This would be the biggest horror
of all. - Hitchcoc
George Kennedy ... Adm. Conway
Glenn Ford ... President Richardson
Robert Vaughn ... Sen. Barkley
Chuck Connors ... Capt. McCloud - HMS Nereid
Olivia Hussey ... Marit
Bo Svenson ... Maj. Carter
Henry Silva ... Gen. Garland
Masao Kusakari ... Dr. Shûzô Yoshizumi
Tsunehiko Watase ... Yasuo Tatsuno
Isao Natsuyagi ... Cmdr. Nakanishi (as Isao Natsuki)
Shin'ichi Chiba ... Dr. Yamauchi (as Sonny Chiba)
Kensaku Morita ... Ryuji Sanazawa
Toshiyuki Nagashima ... Akimasa Matsuo
Haruki Kadokawa ... Team Member - Showa Station
Tadashi Takatsuki ... Team Member - Showa Station (as Chu Takatsuki)
Takeshige Hatanaka ... Team Member - Showa Station
Chikara Gonoue ... Team Member - Showa Station (as Riki Gonoue)
Eiji Yuki ... Team Member - Showa Station
Stephanie Faulkner ... Sarah Baker
Julie Khaner ... Secretary - Palmer Station
Danielle Schneider ... Secretary - Palmer Station
Laura Pennington ... Secretary - Palmer Station
Diane Lasko ... Secretary - Palmer Station
Patricia Rego ... Secretary - Palmer Station (as Patto Rego)
Nicholas Campbell ... Radio Operator - Palmer Station
Chris Wiggins ... Dr. Borodinov
John Evans ... Capt. Nevsky
Joan Beldam ... Girl
Edward James Olmos ... Capt. Lopez (as Edward J. Olmos)
Cec Linder ... Dr. Latour (as Cecil Linder)
Eve Crawford ... Dr. Irma Ollich
Jon Granik ... Dr. Turowicz
David Hovan ... Maj. Giron (as Ara Hovanessian)
Ted Follows ... Dr. Baines
John Bayliss ... Maj. King
William Ross ... Radio Operator 'Ahab' - Mawson Station
Ken Camroux-Taylor ... Lt. Jones - HMS Nereid (as Ken Camroux)
Matt Hawthorne ... Navigator - HMS Nereid
Gordon Thomson ... Radio Operator - HMS Nereid (as Gordon Thompson)
John Rutter ... Sailor #1 - HMS Nereid
Alf Humphreys ... Sailor #2 - HMS Nereid (as Alfred Humphreys)
Michael Tough ... Young Sailor - HMS Nereid
Jan Muszynski ... Ens. Smirnov - Soviet Submarine T222
Charles Northcote ... Sonar Operator - Soviet Submarine T222
Yumi Takigawa ... Noriko Asami
Mitsuko Oka ... Yoshiko Tatsuno
Yoshitaka Kase ... Akira Tatsuno
Ken Ogata ... Prof. Tsuchiya
Ichiro Kijima ... Dr. Tadokoro
Takashi Noguchi ... Intern #1 - Tokyo
Nenji Kobayashi ... Intern #2 - Tokyo
Tayori Hinatsu ... Nurse - Tokyo
Keiko Ito ... Nurse - Tokyo
Tomoko Igarashi ... Nurse - Tokyo
Sachiko Sato ... Nurse - Tokyo (as Sachiko Sato)
Sanae Nakahara ... Young Mother - Tokyo
Yukiko Watanabe ... Daughter - Tokyo
Dan Kippy ... Secretary of State Reid
Larry Reynolds ... Secretary of Defense Morrison
David Gardner ... Secretary of Health Watt
William Binney ... White House Aide Simmons
George Touliatos ... Col. Rankin
Stuart Gillard ... Dr. Ed Meyer
Ron Hartmann ... Dr. Rogers (as Ron Hartman)
Roger Periard ... Orderly #1
Stephen Lockwood ... Orderly #2
Charles D. George ... Rankin's Driver
Colin Fox ... Spy Z
Jefferson Mappin ... Big Man
Richard Ayres ... Little Man
Dick Grant ... Pilot
Tyler Miller ... Cossack Boy
Ken Pogue ... Dr. Krause
Martin Donlevy ... Sentry - East Germany
Jim Bearden ... Military Police Officer - East Germany
Vladimir Bondarenko ... Military Policeman - East Germany (as Wally Bondarenko)
Henry Ramer ... TV Narrator (voice)
Marcello Krakoff ... Toby Anderson (voice)
John Corbett ... Alvaro Espinoza (uncredited)
Aurelio Egidi ... UN Delegate (uncredited)
Dennis Falt ... Scientist (uncredited)
Alberta Watson ... Litha (uncredited)
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