Quand les abeilles attaqueront

Original title: The Savage Bees

TV Movie
1976
Not Rated
1h 30m

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Sheriff McKew and experts face killer bees at Mardi Gras.Sheriff McKew and experts face killer bees at Mardi Gras.Sheriff McKew and experts face killer bees at Mardi Gras.

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5.1/10

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win total

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Trivia
Norman Gary, an entomologist and production consultant, was the bee wrangler/handler for this film. All of the "Oh my God, the bees are killing him/her!" shots, where the bees swarm over the victim, were done by him. He also played one of the victims. Gary would do the same two things in this film's sequel, Terreur dans le ciel (1978).

Goofs
After the collision in the beginning, the Coast Guard officer says the ship came from "Brazil, Central America". Brazil is in South America.

Quotes
Dr. Jeff DuRand: [over a loudspeaker while escorting a red Volkswagen Beetle covered with killer bees through the French Quarter in New Orleans] Attention, we have an emergency! Y'all are in danger! You have 60 seconds to clear the street! We're bringing through a swarm of killer bees! We have an emergency! You're in danger! You have 60 seconds to clear the street! I repeat: killer bees! Any loud noise is gonna rile 'em! Absolute quiet is necessary! Turn off all radios, all machinery, and get off the street!

Alternate versions
There are a number of versions of the closing credit sequence. One version simply features a single surviving bee on a surface as other (unseen) bees buzz and the credits roll. Another version begins when Jeff and Jeannie are hugging each other and ends when a single surviving bee is a surface as other (unseen) bees buzz. Yet another version shows footage from various scenes of the film.

Connections
Featured in In Search of...: Killer Bees (1977)

"Your Dog's Stomach Is Full Of Bees!"...

When Sheriff McKew (Ben Johnson) finds his dog dead, he sets out to prove that it was poisoned. With the help of the coroner (Michael Parks), the hideous truth is learned.

Enter Bee expert, Jeannie Devereaux (Gretchen Corbett), and the tiny culprits are identified.

Oh no!

This is all taking place in New Orleans! During Mardi Gras! Will the big party have to be cancelled? Of course not! Let the good times ro... Bzzzz! Eeeaaghh!

THE SAVAGE BEES was made during the "killer bee" craze / scare. As made-for-TV-movies go, it's not bad. Having Johnson, Parks, and Corbett in it, helps to lift it above the average fare.

BEST SCENE: The farmer in the lake sting-o-thon!

Co-stars James Best as a slow-moving politician...