Scanners (1981)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,100,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,225,876.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 17.773 |
Directed By
David Cronenberg
Crew
Ronald Sanders
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
Claude Héroux
Pierre David
Victor Solnicki
Howard Shore
Mark Irwin
Carol Spier
Delphine White
Constant Natale
Brigitte McCaughry
Don Buchsbaum
Gary Zeller
Stephan Dupuis
Tom Schwartz
Dick Smith
Chris Walas
Jean Savard
Jim Kaufman
Anne Murphy
Michael A. Williams
Alfred
Peter Borowski
Jean Bourret
Peter Bray
Serge Bureau
Michel Comte
Tom Coulter
Peter Dowker
Melanie Johnson
Barbara Jones
Michael Joy
Ernie Tomlinson
Charles Bowers
Terry Burke
Don Cohen
Paul Coombe
Gary Daprato
Mike Hoogenboom
Gabor Vadnay
Don Berry
Louis Craig
Jacques Godbout
Dennis Pike
David Neil Trifunovich
Alex Stevens
Céline Fournier
Gary Hymes
Jock Brandis
François Dupéré
Denis Fugere
Maris H. Jansons
Claude Langlois
Robin Miller
Michel Périard
Arshad Shaw
Gregory Villeneuve
Ginette D'Amico
Muriel Fournier
Daniel Hausmann
Renée April
Blanche Boileau
Robert Boyd
Chris Hutton
Thomas Metzger
Bill Wiggins
Christine Burt
France Boudreau
Armand Thomas
Charles Toupin
Neil Bibby
Victor Blazevic
Pierre David
Patrick Ferrerro
Kay Gray
Nerses Kolanian
Guy Landry
Glendon Light
Marilyn Majerczyk
Serge Major
Kim Obrist
Danièle Rohrbach
Nick Rose
Victor Solnicki
Claire Veillet
Charles R. Bowers
Peter Burgess
Peter Jermyn
Bruce Nyznik
TOP CAST
Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
Lee Broker
Security One
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács
Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes
Killer in Attic
Jérôme Tiberghien
Killer in Attic
Denis Lacroix
Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry
Killer in Barn
Victor Désy
Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande
First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood
Scanner in Attic
Ken Umland
Scanner in Attic
Anne Anglin
Scanner in Attic
Jock Brandis
Scanner in Attic
Jack Messinger
Scanner at Door
Victor Knight
Dr. Frane
Karen Fullerton
Pregnant Girl
Margaret Gadbois
Woman in Mall
Terrance P. Coady
Security 1 Car Passenger
Steve Michaels
Security 1 Car Driver
Malcolm Nelthorpe
Security 2 Car Driver
Nicholas Kilbertus
Security 2 Car Partner
Don Buchsbaum
Large Man in Mall
Roland Nincheri
Large Man in Mall
Kimberly McKeever
Hallucinating Guard
Robert Boyd
Hallucinating Guard
Graham Batchelor
Yoga Technician
Dean Hagopian
Programmer 2
Alex Stevens
Programmer 3
Neil Affleck
Student
John Brasington
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Chris Britton
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Jack Canon
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Richard Chapman Jr.
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Leon Herbert
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
William Hope
Hazmat-Suit Worker (uncredited)
Thomas Kovacs
Boyfriend (uncredited)
Michael Maloley
Doctor in Hall (uncredited)
Ian McQue
Scanner / Security Guard (uncredited)
Chuck Shamata
Tony (uncredited)
Sam Stone
Security Guard (uncredited)
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