Scanners
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Release Date
- January 14, 1981
- Cast
- Michael Ironside , Jennifer O'Neill , Stephen Lack , Lawrence Dane , Patrick McGoohan
- Writers
- David Cronenberg
- Runtime
- 103 minutes
- Budget
- $14.2 million
- Franchise
- Scanners
- Sequel
- Scanner Cop 2, Scanner Cop, Scanners 3: The Takeover, Scanners 2: The New Order
- Cinematographer
- Mark Irwin
- Producer
- Claude Héroux
- Production Company
- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Montreal Trust Company of Canada, Filmplan International
- Sfx Supervisor
- Gary Zeller
- Distributor
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Assistant Director
- Jim Kaufman
Summary
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
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