5.6K views · 58 reactions | Released March 12, 1971, The Andromeda Strain is an American science fiction film based on the 1969 novel by Michael Crichton. Produced and directed by Robert Wise, it stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne, with special effects by Douglas Trumbull. | Killer Cosmonaut | Facebook

Two years after Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain" was published in 1969, the movie adaptation came to theaters. Directed by Robert Wise, the film was a box office success; moreover, a 2003 publication by the Infectious Diseases Society of America noted that The Andromeda Strain is the "most significant, scientifically accurate, and prototypic of all films of this [killer virus] genre ... it accurately details the appearance of a deadly agent, its impact, and the efforts at containing it,