The Day of the Triffids (film)

The Day of the Triffids is a 1962 British film based on the 1951 science fiction novel of the same name by John Wyndham. The picture was directed by Steve Sekely, and Howard Keel played the central character, Bill Masen. The movies leading lady was Nicole Maurey and it was filmed in colour with monaural sound.

Bill Masen Howard Keel, a merchant navy officer, is lying in a hospital bed with his eyes bandaged. He discovers that while he has been waiting for his accidentdamaged eyes to heal, an unusual meteor shower has blinded most people on Earth. Once he leaves the hospital, Masen finds people all over London struggling to stay alive in the face of their new affliction. Some survive by cooperating while others simply fight, but it is apparent that after just a few days society is collapsing.He rescues a school girl, Susan Janina Faye, from a crashed train. They leave London and head for France. They find refuge at a chateau, but when it is attacked by sighted prisoners they are again forced to escape. The Triffid population continues to grow, feeding on people and animals. Meanwhile, on a coastal island, Tom Goodwin Kieron Moore, a flawed but gifted scientist, and his wife Karen Janette Scott, battle the plants as he searches for a way to conquer them. ........

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