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*Annihilator*
Annihilator
	French home video cover
Genre	Horror; Science Fiction; Thriller
Written by	Bruce A. Taylor; Roderick Taylor
Directed by	Michael Chapman
Starring	Mark Lindsay Chapman; Catherine Mary Stewart; Lisa Blount; Susan Blakely
Theme music composer	Udi Harpaz; Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Roderick Taylor
Production locations	Crestline, California; Los Angeles
Cinematography	Paul Goldsmith
Editor	Frank Mazzola
Running time	99 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 7, 1986

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Annihilator is a 1986 science fiction television film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Mark Lindsay Chapman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Susan Blakely and Lisa Blount. It was an unsold pilot for a potential TV series.

Premise

A newspaper reporter, Robert Armour, is in a romantic relationship with another reporter, Angela. Angela, along with her friend, Cindy (a photographer for the paper) take a flight to Hawaii. When Angela and Cindy return from the vacation, they act strangely, causing Robert to be concerned, and the women turn out to be androids who try to kill Robert. An alien force planning on taking over the world caused Flight 508 to disappear; they abducted the human passengers and replaced them with identical-looking androids. Robert now becomes the hunter and hunted, knowing he must hunt down the androids.

Cast

Mark Lindsay Chapman as Robert Armour
Susan Blakely as Layla
Lisa Blount as Cindy
Brion James as Biker
Earl Boen as Sid
Geoffrey Lewis as Prof. Alan Jeffries
Catherine Mary Stewart as Angela Taylor
Nicole Eggert as Elyse Jeffries
Paul Brinegar as Pops
Barry Pearl as Eddie
Barbara Townsend as Celia Evans
Channing Chase as Susan Weiss
Glen Vernon as Henry Evans
Richard Partlow as FBI Agent #2
Biff Yeager as FBI Agent #1

Awards

1986: Primetime Emmy Award - Nomination in the Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special category for Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek

External links

Annihilator at IMDb

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+'''''Annihilator''''' is a 1986 science fiction [[television film]] directed by [[Michael Chapman (cinematographer)|Michael Chapman]] and starring [[Mark Lindsay Chapman]], [[Catherine Mary Stewart]], [[Susan Blakely]] and [[Lisa Blount]]. It was an unsold [[Television pilot|pilot]] for a potential TV series.
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+==Premise==
 A newspaper reporter, Robert Armour, is in a romantic relationship with another reporter, Angela. Angela, along with her friend, Cindy (a photographer for the paper) take a flight to Hawaii. When Angela and Cindy return from the vacation, they act strangely, causing Robert to be concerned, and the women turn out to be androids who try to kill Robert. An alien force planning on taking over the world caused Flight 508 to disappear; they abducted the human passengers and replaced them with identical-looking androids. Robert now becomes the hunter and hunted, knowing he must hunt down the androids.
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 * [[Susan Blakely]] as Layla
 * [[Lisa Blount]] as Cindy
-* [[Brion James]] as Alien Leader
+* [[Brion James]] as Biker
 * [[Earl Boen]] as Sid
 * [[Geoffrey Lewis (actor)|Geoffrey Lewis]] as Prof. Alan Jeffries
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