''Annihilator'' is a 1986 science fiction

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directed by Michael Chapman and starring

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and

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. It was an unsold

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for a potential TV series.

Premise

A newspaper reporter, Robert Armour, is in a romantic relationship with another reporter, Angela. Angela, along with her friend, Cindy (a photographer for the paper) take a flight to Hawaii. When Angela and Cindy return from the vacation, they act strangely, causing Robert to be concerned, and the women turn out to be androids who try to kill Robert. An alien force planning on taking over the world caused Flight 508 to disappear; they abducted the human passengers and replaced them with identical-looking androids. Robert now becomes the hunter and hunted, knowing he must hunt down the androids.

Cast

as Robert Armour *

as Layla *

as Cindy *

Brion James Brion Howard James (February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999) was an American character actor. He portrayed Leon Kowalski in ''Blade Runner'' and appeared in ''Southern Comfort'', '' 48 Hrs.'', ''Another 48 Hrs.'', '' Silverado'', ''Tango & Cash'', ' ...

as Alien Leader *

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as Sid *

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as Prof. Alan Jeffries *

as Angela Taylor *

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as Elyse Jeffries *

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as Pops *

Barry Pearl Barry Lee Pearl (born March 29, 1950 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Pearl is best known for his role as "Doody", one of the three supporting T-Birds, in the 1978 film version of '' Grease''. He also had a cameo as Mr. Weaver ...

as Eddie *

Barbara Townsend Barbara Townsend (1913-2002) was an American film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mildred Potter in the series ''AfterMASH''. Her film roles include ''One Good Cop'', '' Hard to Kill'' and '' Annihilator''. TV c ...

as Celia Evans *

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as Susan Weiss *

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as Henry Evans *

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as FBI Agent #2 *

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as FBI Agent #1

Awards

*1986: Primetime Emmy Award - Nomination in the ''Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special'' category for

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and Zoltan Elek

External links

* 1986 television films 1986 films American science fiction television films NBC network original films Films scored by Sylvester Levay Films directed by Michael Chapman Television pilots not picked up as a series 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{US-tv-film-stub