George Hamilton, Richard Carlson, Arthur O'Connell, and Suzanne Pleshette in The Power (1968)

The Power

Movie1968Approved1h 48m
Sci-FiThriller
5.9 / 10(2,028)

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and how to stop them.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 48m
Released
1968
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1968

Storyline

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and how to stop them.

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Did you know

Miklós Rózsa's score is one of the few movie scores to make extensive use of the cymbalum (a hammered dulcimer-like instrument). The soundtrack memorably features a beating heart to signal the mind-control attempts and eerie music from a cymbalum accompanying the film's more suspenseful moments. The instrument can be seen being played at the beginning of the film.

This was Byron Haskin's last feature film as director, and the final film that George Pal produced under his contract with MGM. According to Haskin, the studio was so anxious to be rid of Pal that they deliberately sabotaged this film, casting it with the wrong actors, keeping the budget too low and skimping on the all-important special effects.

MGM announced plans to produce the movie with George Pal as producer/director during its 40th anniversary celebration in 1964. Unlike many of the announced projects, this one actually got made but wasn't released until 1968.

User reviews

7/10

Decent sci-fi on good premise but cops out at end as many do.

👍 31 · 1/14/2007
7/10

A classic film

👍 54 · 8/9/2007
6/10

Not too bad, but could have been great

👍 16 · 9/23/2007

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
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