Prophecy : Le Monstre (1979)
Le docteur Robert Verne, qui exerce sa profession de médecin dans un quartier pauvre de Washington, est engagé par l'Agence de Protection Gouvernementale pour enquêter sur d'éventuelles conséquences écologiques d'une usine de pâtes et papier sur une forêt située près d'Androscoggin dans le Maine. Dès son arrivée, avec sa femme Maggie, il perçoit la tension existant entre les employés de l'usine et les Indiens de la région, qui accusent l'industrie d'empoisonner la forêt. Dans leur village, naissent occasionnellement des enfants avec des malformations congénitales. Robert Verne s'aperçoit bientôt qu'il y a du mercure dans l'eau de la rivière qui alimente l'usine. C'est lui qui sert d'agent mutagène à l'origine des malformations congénitales des nouveau-nés. De plus, Verne et les autres doivent tout à coup affronter un énorme ours mutant, surnommé Kathadin par les Indiens, qui hante la forêt et y sème la mort et la terreur.
Directeur: John Frankenheimer
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Talia Shire as Maggie Verne |
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Robert Foxworth as Dr. Robert Verne |
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Armand Assante as John Hawks |
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Richard Dysart as Trevor Isley |
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Victoria Racimo as Ramona Hawks |
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George Clutesi as M'Rai |
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Tom McFadden as Pilot |
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Burke Byrnes as Father |
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Mia Bendixsen as Girl |
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Johnny Timko as Boy |
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Everett Creach as Kelso |
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Lyvingston Holmes as Black Woman |
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Kevin Peter Hall as Mutant Bear |
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Evans Evans as Cellist |
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Charles H. Gray as Sheriff |
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Graham Jarvis as Shusette |
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Jim Burk as Rescuer |
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Bob Terhune as Rescuer |
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Lon Katzman as Rescuer |
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Steve Shemayne as Indian |
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Jaye Durkus as Sheriff's Deputy |
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Eric Mansker as Tenement Man |
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Cheri Bergen as Social Worker |
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Clifford Hutchison as Stage Manager |
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Renato Moore as Tenement Boy |
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Mel Waters as Tenement Man |
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Roosevelt Smith as Tenement Man |
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Tom D. May as Lumberjack |
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Kevin Peter Hall as Mutant Bear (uncredited) |
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Tom McLoughlin as Mutant Bear (uncredited) |
| Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Crew | Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy Hank Hooker | Stunts |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Gatlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Patty Elder | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Maren | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff McLaughlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Tommy Madden | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Fox Greene | Stunts |
| Crew | Ruth A. Redfern | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene McLaughlin | Stunts |
| Crew | John Roselius | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Robertson | Stunts |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Green | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Pamela Bebermeyer | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Burke | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunts |
| Writing | David Seltzer | Writer |
| Production | Robert L. Rosen | Producer |
| Sound | Leonard Rosenman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Art | George Gaines | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellis Burman Jr. | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas R. Burman | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Edouard F. Henriques III | Makeup Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Wadlington | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alan Levine | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Lindsley Parsons Jr. | Production Manager |
| Directing | Robert P. Cohen | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Andrew Stone | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Paul L. Tucker | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Sherman Labby | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Ray Mercer Jr. | Property Master |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Arthur Shippee | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Cecelia Hall | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | William R. Kowalchuk Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Raul A. Bruce | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Ellis Burman Jr. | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Bob Dawson | Special Effects |
| Crew | Edouard F. Henriques III | Prop Maker |
| Art | James Kagel | Sculptor |
| Crew | Jor Van Kline | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Clifford Hutchison | Gaffer |
| Camera | Tom D. May | Key Grip |
| Camera | Richard Craig Meinardus | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Norman Lang | Electrician |
| Camera | Ken Nishino | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | George Trirogoff | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Michael Ripps | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Dale Anderson | Musician |
| Sound | Israel Baker | Musician |
| Sound | Arnold Belnick | Musician |
| Sound | Harry Bluestone | Musician |
| Sound | Norman Carr | Musician |
| Sound | Ronald Cooper | Musician |
| Sound | Isabelle Daskoff | Musician |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Peter Borkent | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Art | William Craig Smith | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Summers | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Snyder | Makeup Artist |