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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler is a american film of genre Science fiction released in USA on 30 november 1971 with Leslie Nielsen
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
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Add to a movie listThe Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler is a 1971 science fiction film starring Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman and Angie Dickinson. This was one of the earliest films to depict medical exploitation of cloning, even though the term was not used. It was shot on videotape and transferred to film for theatrical release.
Synopsis
Reporter Harry Walsh (Nielsen) witnesses an auto accident in which two people are killed. Recognizing the survivor as Senator Clayton Zachary Wheeler, (Dillman) he rides with him in the ambulance.Actors
Leslie Nielsen
(Harry Walsh)
Bradford Dillman
(Sen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler)
Angie Dickinson
(Dr. Layle Johnson)
James Daly
(Dr. Redding)
Robert J. Wilke
(Hugh Fielding)
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