Scanners
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, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
Release Date
January 14, 1981Runtime
103 minRating
RDirected by
David Cronenberg, Jim Kaufman, Anne Murphy, Michael A. Williams, France BoudreauWritten by
David CronenbergLanguage
EnglishBudget
$4,100,000Revenue
$14,225,876Status
ReleasedCast
Jennifer O'Neill
Kim ObristStephen Lack
Cameron ValePatrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul RuthLawrence Dane
Braedon KellerMichael Ironside
Darryl RevokRobert A. Silverman
Benjamin PierceFred Döderlein
Dieter TautzGéza Kovács
Killer in Record StoreSonny Forbes
Killer in AtticLouis Del Grande
First ScannerAnthony Sherwood
Scanner in AtticJock Brandis
Scanner in AtticVictor Knight
Dr. FraneAlex Stevens
Programmer 3Neil Affleck
StudentChris Britton
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)Leon Herbert
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)William Hope
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)Chuck Shamata
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