In Montreal, scientist André Delambre (David Hedison) attempts to perfect matter teleportation using his "Disintegrator-Reintegrator". During a self-test, a common housefly enters the chamber, causing their atoms to scramble and resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids. Director/Producer: Kurt Neumann
Production History: The Fly was directed by Kurt Neumann and starred Vincent Price and David Hedison. It was based on a short story by George Langelaan originally published in Playboy. the fly 1958 internet archive upd
When André steps out of the receiver pod, he seems fine. But soon, Hélène notices something horrifying: his hand is not a hand. It is a black, hairy, chitinous fly’s leg, complete with hooked claws. Worse, his head is a monstrous fusion of human and insect, a white, bulbous fly’s head with compound eyes and a proboscis. The transporter has merged his atoms with those of a fly that entered the sending chamber. The human has the fly’s head and paw; the fly, now loose in the garden, has André’s microscopic human head and arm. It was based on a short story by
: Listen to the original vinyl promotional spots used to advertise the film in 1958 at the Internet Archive Lobby Spots Newspaper Advertising Archive It is a black, hairy, chitinous fly’s leg,