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Scanners

14 Jan 1981 1h 43min 12 6.7/10 (1,462) EN

“10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.”

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
David Cronenberg
Music
Howard Shore
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Editing
Ronald Sanders
Producer
Claude Héroux
Countries
Canada

Cast

Stephen Lack Cameron Vale
Jennifer O'Neill Kim Obrist
Michael Ironside Darryl Revok
Patrick McGoohan Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane Braedon Keller
Robert A. Silverman Benjamin Pierce
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Lee Broker Security One
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Mavor Moore Trevellyan
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Adam Ludwig Arno Crostic
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Murray Cruchley Programmer 1
Fred Döderlein Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes Killer in Attic
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Jérôme Tiberghien Killer in Attic
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Denis Lacroix Killer in Barn
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Elizabeth Mudry Killer in Barn
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Victor Désy Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood Scanner in Attic
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Ken Umland Scanner in Attic

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Also available in: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain

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