The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Synopsis :
Triffids are strange fictional plants, capable of rudimentary animal-like behavior: they are able to uproot themselves and walk, possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting, and may even have the ability to communicate with each other. On screen they vaguely resemble gigantic asparagus shoots.
Bill Masen begins the story in hospital, with his eyes bandaged. He discovers that while he has been blindfolded, an unusual meteor shower has blinded most people on Earth. Masen finds people in London struggling to stay alive in the face of their new, instantly-acquired affliction, some cooperating, some fighting: after just a few days society is collapsing.
Starring :
Howard Keel … Bill Masen
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
Janina Faye … Susan – Child on the Train
Gilgi Hauser … Teresa de la Vega
John Tate … Captain, SS Midland
Carole Ann Ford … Bettina (as Carol Ann Ford)
Arthur Gross … Flight 356 Radioman
Colette Wilde … Nurse Jamieson (as Collette Wilde)
Ian Wilson … Greenhouse Watchman
Director :
Steve Sekely