Scanners

Scanners

103 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Jan. 14, 1981

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.

Scanners

103 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Jan. 14, 1981

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Filmplan, Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Original title Scanners
Directors Anne Murphy, Michael A. Williams, Jim Kaufman, David Cronenberg
Writers David Cronenberg

Cast

Jennifer O'Neill

as Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack

as Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan

as Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane

as Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside

as Darryl Revok

Robert A. Silverman

as Benjamin Pierce

Lee Broker

as Security One

Mavor Moore

as Trevellyan

Adam Ludwig

as Arno Crostic

Murray Cruchley

as Programmer 1

Fred Döderlein

as Dieter Tautz

Géza Kovács

as Killer in Record Store

Sonny Forbes

as Killer in Attic

Jérôme Tiberghien

as Killer in Attic

Denis Lacroix

as Killer in Barn

Elizabeth Mudry

as Killer in Barn

Victor Désy

as Dr. Gatineau

Louis Del Grande

as First Scanner

Anthony Sherwood

as Scanner in Attic

Ken Umland

as Scanner in Attic

Anne Anglin

as Scanner in Attic

Jock Brandis

as Scanner in Attic

Jack Messinger

as Scanner at Door

Victor Knight

as Dr. Frane

Karen Fullerton

as Pregnant Girl

Margaret Gadbois

as Woman in Mall

Terrance P. Coady

as Security 1 Car Passenger

Steve Michaels

as Security 1 Car Driver

Malcolm Nelthorpe

as Security 2 Car Driver

Nicholas Kilbertus

as Security 2 Car Partner

Don Buchsbaum

as Large Man in Mall

Roland Nincheri

as Large Man in Mall

Kimberly McKeever

as Hallucinating Guard

Robert Boyd

as Hallucinating Guard

Graham Batchelor

as Yoga Technician

Dean Hagopian

as Programmer 2

Alex Stevens

as Programmer 3

Neil Affleck

as Student

John Brasington

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

Christopher Britton

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

Jack Canon

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

Richard Chapman Jr.

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

Leon Herbert

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

William Hope

as Hazmat Suit Worker (uncredited)

Thomas Kovacs

as Boyfriend (uncredited)

Ian McQue

as Scanner / Security Guard (uncredited)

Chuck Shamata

as Tony (uncredited)

Sam Stone

as Security Guard (uncredited)