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Best Dramatic Presentation | 1959
Budget 700,000 USD
Box Office Collection 3,000,000 USD
This film became the biggest box office hit of director Kurt Neumann's career, but he never knew it or even found out about it. He died one month after the film's premiere and only one week before it went into general release.
Part of the laboratory set used in this film was Emerac, the computer from Fox's production Desk Set (1957).
Although many people who saw this film swear it was made in black and white, it actually never was. This may be an example of the "Mandela Effect", which is simply a name for a collective false memory among people which never actually happened and yet everyone remembers. It is extremely common. The Fly (1958) was only ever filmed and shown in color; however, its two sequels, Return of the Fly (1959) and Curse of the Fly (1965), were made in black and white. This is likely where the confusion comes from, or people might have watched it on black and white televisions, which were common up to the 1980s.
Michael Rennie was offered the role of Andre Delambre in the film, but turned it down because his head would be covered throughout most of it.
David Hedison suggested that his character of Andre Delambre wear progressive makeup effects that showed him in a combined part human/part fly state when his face is finally revealed instead of just a fully formed fly head as depicted in the film. The producers declined due to the cost and time required to achieve the combined part human/part fly look, as well as it being too harsh and grotesque for audiences at the time. This concept was later embraced completely in the 1986 remake, which did focus on the scientist devolving slowly into a mutated part human/part fly creature.
"Andre Delambre: [about the cat killed by the transporter] She disintegrated perfectly, but never reappeared. Helene Delambre: Where's she gone? Andre Delambre: Into space... a stream of cat atoms... [sighs] Andre Delambre: It'd be funny if life weren't so sacred."
"Insp. Charas: I shall never forget that scream as long as I live..."
