A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
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Cast
Ian McCulloch
Commander Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau
Colonel Stella Holmes
Marino Masé
Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD
Siegfried Rauch
Hamilton
Gisela Hahn
Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo
Agent Young
Carlo Monni
Dr. Turner
Mike Morris
Dr. Hilton (uncredited)
Brigitte Wagner
Doctor (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
Nat Bush
Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
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