The Day of the Triffids
Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis, 1963
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham, 1951
The Day of the Triffids is a movie directed by Steve Sekely and Freddie Francis in 1963 and based on the book of the same name by John Wyndham, first published in 1951. The movie features Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts, and others.
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Storyline
A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. As it was such a beautiful sight, most people were watching, and as a consequence, 99% of the population go blind. Chaos results when experimental plants escape and start attacking people! The Triffids are killing!
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1963
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Day of the Triffids
Director: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
Country: UK
Year: 1963
Length: 1h33m
Year
1951
Pages
228
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
The Day of the Triffids
Author: John Wyndham
Country: UK
First published in: 1951
Length: 228 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Triffids
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Ken Hannam
TV Mini-Series by Richard Mewis
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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