Film Snail

6.1

The Day of the Triffids

NR·1963·93m

Science Fiction

Horror

Science Fiction

Horror

Summary

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

Cast

Howard Keel

Bill Masen

Janina Faye

Susan - Child on the Train

Nicole Maurey

Christine Durrant

Janette Scott

Karen Goodwin

Kieron Moore

Tom Goodwin

Mervyn Johns

Mr. Coker

Ewan Roberts

Dr. Soames

Alison Leggatt

Miss Coker

Geoffrey Matthews

Luis de la Vega

Gilgi Hauser

Teresa de la Vega

John Tate

Captain - SS Midland

Carole Ann Ford

Bettina

Arthur Gross

Flight 356 Radioman

Colette Wilde

Nurse Jamieson

Ian Wilson

Greenhouse Watchman

Victor Brooks

Poiret

Chris Adcock

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Michael Bishop

Flight 356 Pilot (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Escaped Prisoner (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

Blind Man at Station (uncredited)

Maxwell Craig

Escaped Prisoner (uncredited)

Mick Dillon

Triffid (uncredited)

Katya Douglas

Mary (uncredited)

Peter Dyneley

Narrator / Parisian Radio Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Mabel Etherington

Blind Woman (uncredited)

Thomas Gallagher

Burly Man (uncredited)

Muriel Greenslade

SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)

George Hilsdon

Man in Train Station (uncredited)

Gerry Judge

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey

Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Edith Pavitt

SS Midland Passenger (uncredited)

Harry Phipps

Man in Train Station (uncredited)

Bill Rayment

Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)

Ernie Rice

Train Crash Survivor (uncredited)

Johnny Rossi

Escaped Prisoner (uncredited)

John Simpson

Blind Man (uncredited)

Esme Smythe

Panicky Blonde on Flight 356 (uncredited)

Sidney Vivian

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Joe Wadham

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Fred Wood

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Freddie Francis

Director

Steve Sekely

Novel

John Wyndham

Screenplay

Bernard Gordon

Reviews

talisencrw

July 5, 2016

This was solid and surprisingly very effective at getting across both the dread and horrific atmosphere of such a predicament--and would make a very good double bill with Kaufman's (70's) 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. I love my veggies, but I'll never look at a salad the same way again...