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 Maren | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Patty Elder | Stunts |
| Crew | John Roselius | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Gatlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Ruth A. Redfern | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Green | Stunts |
| Crew | Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Ron Burke | Stunts |
| Crew | Tommy Madden | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Robertson | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff McLaughlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Fox Greene | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene McLaughlin | Stunts |
| Crew | Pamela Bebermeyer | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunts |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Leonard Rosenman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Robert L. Rosen | Producer |
| Writing | David Seltzer | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas R. Burman | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alan Levine | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Paul L. Tucker | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Sherman Labby | Production Illustrator |
| Sound | John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Arthur Shippee | Assistant Property Master |
| Directing | Robert P. Cohen | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Lindsley Parsons Jr. | Production Manager |
| Crew | Edouard F. Henriques III | Makeup Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Wadlington | Hairstylist |
| Directing | L. Andrew Stone | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Cecelia Hall | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Raul A. Bruce | Boom Operator |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellis Burman Jr. | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | George Gaines | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ray Mercer Jr. | Property Master |
| Sound | William R. Kowalchuk Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Norman Lang | Electrician |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Crew | Bob Dawson | Special Effects |
| Camera | Ken Nishino | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Dale Anderson | Musician |
| Sound | Norman Carr | Musician |
| Crew | Peter Borkent | Stunt Driver |
| Art | James Kagel | Sculptor |
| Camera | Tom D. May | Key Grip |
| Sound | Israel Baker | Musician |
| Editing | George Trirogoff | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Michael Ripps | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Ellis Burman Jr. | Prop Maker |
| Sound | Harry Bluestone | Musician |
| Camera | Richard Craig Meinardus | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Isabelle Daskoff | Musician |
| Sound | Ronald Cooper | Musician |
| Crew | Edouard F. Henriques III | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Jor Van Kline | Special Effects |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Clifford Hutchison | Gaffer |
| Sound | Arnold Belnick | Musician |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Art | William Craig Smith | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Summers | Costume Design |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Snyder | Makeup Artist |