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The Satan Bug ()

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A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
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Lee Barrett
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Dr. Gregor Hoffman
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Ann Williams
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Gen. Williams
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Dr. Leonard Michaelson
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Eric Cavanaugh
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Donald
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Veretti (as Ed Asner)
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Tasserly
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Agent Reagan
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Lt. Raskin
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Lt. Johnson
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Martin
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Dr. Baxter
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Fake SDI Agent
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Dr. Yang
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Police Captain at Dodger Stadium (uncredited)
Michael Barrier ...
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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Mason (uncredited)
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SDI Agent at Gas Station (uncredited)
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SDI Agent in cvar at 1h20'46'' (uncredited)
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First Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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Dr. Ostrer (uncredited)
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2nd Fake SDI Agent (uncredited)
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Guard (uncredited)
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First Agent at Truck Crash (uncredited)
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Officer at Radar Tracking Station (uncredited)
John Newton ...
Olson - Explosives Expert at Dodger Stadium (uncredited)
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Motel Clerk (uncredited)
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Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen ...
SDI Agent Posing as Motorist at Accident (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Sturges

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Alistair MacLean ... (novel) (as Ian Stuart)
 
James Clavell ... (screenplay) and
Edward Anhalt ... (screenplay)

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John Sturges ... producer

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Jerry Goldsmith ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Robert Surtees ... director of photography

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Ferris Webster

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Marshall M. Borden ... assistant film editor (as Marshall Borden)

Casting By

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Lynn Stalmaster

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Herman A. Blumenthal ... (as Herman Blumenthal)

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Charles Vassar

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Emile LaVigne ... makeup artist (as Emile Lavigne)

Production Management

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J. Paul Popkin ... unit manager
Allen K. Wood ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jack N. Reddish ... assistant director

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Frank Agnone ... property
Richard Lawrence ... uncredited

Sound Department

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Harold Lewis ... sound
Gilbert D. Marchant ... sound effects editor

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A. Paul Pollard ... special effects (as Paul Pollard)

Stunts

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Carey Loftin ... stunts (uncredited)
John Moio ... stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Wesley Jeffries ... wardrobe (as Wes Jeffries)

Music Department

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Richard Carruth ... music editor
Jerry Goldsmith ... conductor
Michael Andersen ... music copyist (uncredited)
Paul Beaver ... musician: organ (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... musical director (uncredited)
Artie Kane ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Mitchell Lurie ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Red Mitchell ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Ted Nash ... musician: flute (uncredited)
John Neufeld ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)

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John Franco ... script supervisor

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Plot Summary

A germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the nasty germs has gotten free and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen. Written by John Vogel

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Taglines The price for uncovering the secret of the satan bug comes high - YOUR LIFE! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Station 3: Ultra secret (France)
  • Estación 3 ultrasecreto (Spain)
  • Geheimagent Barrett greift ein (Austria)
  • Station 3: Ultra secret (Canada, French title)
  • O Veneno do Diabo (Portugal)
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  • 114 min
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Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia (Cameo) Lee Remick: In the scene in the jazz club where Lee Barrett is introduced, the waitress that tells him he has a phone call, in an uncredited role. See more »
Goofs When Barret first enters the vault, he dials top combination lock. The door has two locks requiring a second combination (held by another person) to open. This is common in high security, i.e. 'No-Lone' zones to prevent one person from accessing the area by themselves. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The Good Book (1997). See more »
Quotes Dr. Gregor Hoffman: More than forty chemical weapons are being developed at Station 3. I will confine myself to two which we have developed here, at E Lab. The first, botulinus. We have twelve hundred grammes in six flasks. If ten grammes of it were allowed to contaminate a city, that city is a morgue in four hours. It is an ideal weapon, if you will forgive the phrase, because it only destroys people. It oxides itself, and in effect dies after eight hours.
Lee Barrett: Well, then it's safe to go in there. It's been over eight hours since that vault door was closed. And if all twelve hundred grammes of botulinus were spilled, it would still be safe. The closed-air circulation system is still in operation, so it would be oxidised.
Dr. Gregor Hoffman: That is correct, but there is something else in there. It is only three weeks since Dr. Baxter refined it, and only three days since he communicated its existence to anyone.
Gen. Williams: There's something beyond botulinis?
Dr. Gregor Hoffman: Yes, the second weapon. Also a virus, airborne. But self-perpetuating. Indestructible. Once released it will multiply at a power beyond our calculations. It perhaps will never die. To this virus we have given a highly unscientific name, but one which describes it perfectly. "The Satan Bug." If I took the flask which contains it and exposed it to the air, everyone here would be dead in three seconds. California would be a tomb in a few hours. In a week all life, and I mean all life, would cease in the United States. In two months, two months at the most, the trapper from Alaska, the peasant from the Yangtze, the Aborigine from Australia are dead. All dead, because I crushed a flask and exposed a green colored liquid to the air. Nothing, nothing can stop the Satan Bug.
Lee Barrett: What would be the last to go?
Dr. Gregor Hoffman: Perhaps the Great Albatross swinging its way around the bottom of the world. Perhaps an Eskimo deep in the Arctic. But the seas travel the world over, and so do the winds. One day, one day soon, they too would die. The Satan Bug is behind that door! One flask. It has got to be locked up in there, it has got to be! I must make you understand, if botulinus has been spilled then, as Mr. Barrett here says, it does not matter. But by god, if someone were to get in there and the Satan Bug has been spilled and the vault door were opened more than half an inch and left open, then the airlock room is lethal! Open this door for more than five seconds, and everything that I have told you will happen will happen. I beg you sir, seal up the door! You cannot take the risk!
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