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Paris, France | London, England
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Budget 750,000 USD
Kieron Moore and Janette Scott were only added to the cast when it was discovered upon completion of filming that there was only 57 minutes of good usable footage available. The whole lighthouse sequence, directed by veteran Cinematographer Freddie Francis, was only added to help extend the movie's running time.
The book ends with the Triffids still a threat and Masen leaving for the Isle of Wight, hoping to eradicate them from the face of the Earth someday.
Although delighted to be reunited with Howard Keel (whom she had met as a child), Carole Ann Ford found the film difficult to work on, citing last-minute script revisions and changes of director as particular problems. She also suffered when an action sequence left her back accidentally raked by a stuntman's nails, drawing blood.
Although credited with "additional music", composer Johnny Douglas actually supplied more music than the main composer, Ron Goodwin. According to the official music cue sheets, Douglas wrote 26 minutes, Goodwin 19.
In an interview, producer Bernard Glasser said that in order to satisfy a British government requirement that productions shot in Britain have a certain percentage of British executives, George Pitcher, a retired film executive, was hired as basically a "frontman"; although credited as producer, he had no actual authority over the production.
"Tom Goodwin: [to Karen] Keep behind me. There's no sense in getting killed by a plant."
"Mr. Coker: [to Bill] Most plants thrive on animal waste, but I'm afraid this mutation possesses an appetite for the animal itself."
