After an errant satellite crashes to Earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are the victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of a baby and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to an underground state-of-the-art laboratory where scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks world-wide havoc. Based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/andromeda-strain-michael-crichton. Original 1971 film.