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| John P. Ryan | ... |
Frank Davies
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| Andrew Duggan | ... |
The Professor
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| Guy Stockwell | ... |
Bob Clayton
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| Michael Ansara | ... |
The Captain
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| Robert Emhardt | ... |
The Executive
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| William Wellman Jr. | ... |
Charley
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| Shamus Locke | ... |
The Doctor
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Nancy Burnett | ... |
Nurse
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Patrick McAllister | ... |
Expectant Father
(as Patrick Macallister)
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Daniel Holzman | ... |
Chris
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Diana Hale | ... |
Secretary
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Gerald York | ... |
Expectant Father
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Jerry Taft | ... |
Expectant Father
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Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster that kills the team in the delivery room and escapes through a skylight. Lieutenant Perkins comes to the hospital to investigate the murder and the press divulges the identity of the parents. Frank discovers a dark secret about Lenore and the baby. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"It's Alive" is one of those cult horror films that I had heard a lot of great things about but didn't get around to seeing until just recently. I have to say that I was bored with it throughout most of the film, but started to catch on to its vibe as it got closer toward the end. I truly support what this movie has to say about the somewhat totalitarian world of medicine, and ended up liking "It's Alive" a lot more when I realized that it wasn't just some dumb movie with no real point or scares at all. I still have to admit that the movie didn't scare me at all, but it generated some good, healthy suspense, and the point is such a good one (and is so well done) that I do have to hand this movie some major support. It was more sad than anything else, but it wasn't too bad at all.