In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
Visual Effects
Oscar-winning miniaturization that still looks trippy.
Production
Giant sets of veins and heart valves, pure 60s imagination.
Costume
Those shiny white bodysuits are camp fashion history.
Director
Richard Fleischer
Stephen Boyd
Grant
Raquel Welch
Cora
Edmond O'Brien
General Carter
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Michaels
Arthur O'Connell
Col. Donald Reid
William Redfield
Capt. Bill Owens
Arthur Kennedy
Dr. Duval
Jean Del Val
Jan Benes
Barry Coe
Communications Aide
Ken Scott
Secret Service
Shelby Grant
Nurse
James Brolin
Technician
Brendon Boone
Military Policeman (uncredited)
James Doohan
Dr. Sawyer (Hypothermia technician) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isaac Asimov wrote the novelization in six weeks because he hated the screenplay's scientific inaccuracies so much he wanted to fix them.
This film single-handedly convinced a generation that the human body is basically a water park with murder antibodies.
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