Scanners

Scanners

1981
1h 43m
6.7

6.7/10

1,334 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Status: Released

Budget: $4,100,000

Revenue: $14,225,876

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Filmplan International Canadian Film Development Corporation Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 14, 1981
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0081455

Cast

Stephen Lack
Stephen Lack

Cameron Vale

Jennifer O'Neill
Jennifer O'Neill

Kim Obrist

Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside

Darryl Revok

Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane
Lawrence Dane

Braedon Keller

Robert A. Silverman
Robert A. Silverman

Benjamin Pierce

Lee Broker
Lee Broker

Security One

Mavor Moore
Mavor Moore

Trevellyan

Adam Ludwig
Adam Ludwig

Arno Crostic

Murray Cruchley
Murray Cruchley

Programmer 1

Fred Döderlein
Fred Döderlein

Dieter Tautz

Géza Kovács
Géza Kovács

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Key Crew

David Cronenberg
Director
Pierre David
Executive Producer
David Cronenberg
Writer
Claude Héroux
Producer
Victor Solnicki
Executive Producer