The Clones (film)

The Clones is a 1973 low-budget science fiction thriller notable for introducing asexual reproduction via cloning to pop culture; it predates Dolly the Sheep by 23 years.

Plot

A nuclear scientist portrayed by Michael Greene discovers, much to his astonishment, that he has a doppelgänger. A covert government agency has been cloning eminent scientists in a bid to control the weather, and he must prove that he himself is not his own clone... and avoid being assassinated whether he is himself or not.

The film receives mixed reviews, primarily due to its mishandling of its intriguing premise and an unnecessarily cumbersome plot, but given its budget some of its cinema photography receive contemporary praise, as does its "effectively downbeat" twist ending. It has a 29% rank on Rotten Tomatoes, and while it has been released on VHS it has never had a major DVD release and has never appeared on Blu-ray. It aired on The CBS Late Movie on 17 November 1975 and 18 April 1977.