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The Swarm

  • 4.5 /10

  • 188

  • 9%

Plot

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

Cast

Michael Caine as Brad Crane
Michael Caine

as Brad Crane

Katharine Ross as Capt. Helena Anderson
Katharine Ross

as Capt. Helena Anderson

Richard Widmark as Gen. Thaddeus Slater
Richard Widmark

as Gen. Thaddeus Slater

Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Hubbard
Richard Chamberlain

as Dr. Hubbard

Olivia de Havilland as Maureen Schuester
Olivia de Havilland

as Maureen Schuester

Ben Johnson as Felix
Ben Johnson

as Felix

Lee Grant as Anne MacGregor
Lee Grant

as Anne MacGregor

José Ferrer as Dr. Andrews
José Ferrer

as Dr. Andrews

Patty Duke as Rita
Patty Duke

as Rita

Slim Pickens as Jud Hawkins
Slim Pickens

as Jud Hawkins

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 26, 1978

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $21,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $7,700,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.93 hrs

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Reviews

Before we had Murder Hornets...We had THE SWARM!!!! In the 70s, this was one of the media's tools to terrify the populace. Unbelievably as it may seem, when released this movie scared the pants off of America in the same way that Jaws did when it made it to the theaters. The Killer Bee swarms in South America, created in cross-breeding African and Western Honeybees, of course had to share the …