Scanners
Scanners
Release: 1981-01-14
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 6.7
Science Fiction
Horror
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.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Filmplan International
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Robert A. Silverman
as Benjamin Pierce
Chuck Shamata
as Tony (uncredited)
Alex Stevens
as Programmer 3
Jennifer O'Neill
as Kim Obrist
Sonny Forbes
as Killer in Attic
Michael Ironside
as Darryl Revok
Anthony Sherwood
as Scanner in Attic
Chris Britton
as Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Victor Knight
as Dr. Frane
Neil Affleck
as Student
William Hope
as Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Lawrence Dane
as Braedon Keller
Géza Kovács
as Killer in Record Store
Jock Brandis
as Scanner in Attic
Leon Herbert
as Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Stephen Lack
as Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan
as Dr. Paul Ruth
Fred Döderlein
as Dieter Tautz
Louis Del Grande
as First Scanner
Crew
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Don Berry
Special Effects Assistant
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Pierre David
Executive Producer, Presenter
Alex Stevens
Stunt Coordinator
Dick Smith
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jock Brandis
Gaffer
Chris Walas
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Charles R. Bowers
Sound Editor
David Cronenberg
Director, Writer
Gary Hymes
Stunts