Siegel’s “Body Snatchers” Without Bookends

An HE commenter recently claimed to have attended a 1978 LACMA screening of the original version of Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (‘56) — the version that (a) had no narration track and (b) ended with Kevin McCarthy howling “you’re next!” to the camera.

So I asked the great Joe Dante, who quickly lanced the balloon.

So much for that urban legend.