Suspect Device (film)

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Suspect Device
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Directed by Rick Jacobson
Written byAlex Simon
Based onstory by Robert Kerchner
Produced byMike Elliott
executive
Christian Peschken
Chris Nauman
Roger Corman
Starring C. Thomas Howell
Stacey Travis
CinematographyJohn Aaronson
Edited byJohn Gilbert
Production
companies
New Horizons
Hillwood Entertainment
Distributed byShowtime (US cable)
Release date
  • July 11, 1995 (1995-07-11)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Suspect Device is a 1995 American film directed by Rick Jacobson and starring C. Thomas Howell. It was the first film of the Roger Corman Presents series. [1]

Contents

Premise

A man discovers that he really is a cyborg carrying a nuclear device set to explode, and therefore marked for erasure.

Cast

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References

  1. "Yikes! Roger corman is back, still". New York Times. July 9, 1995.