The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
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Duration: 69 min.
Genre: horror film
Year Published: 1958
Creator: Universal Pictures Co. Inc.
Format: 35mm
Color: B&W
Sound: sound
Country of Origin: United States
Credits: Directed by: Will Cowan
Written by: David Duncan
Cast: James Anderson, Robin Hughes, Peggy Converse, Forrest Lewis, William Reynolds, Jeffrey Stone, Andra Martin
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Music: Henry Mancini
Edited by: Edward Curtiss
Description: An ancient box is discovered while digging a well discovered by Jessica Burns. It contains the intact head of Gideon Drew, a man executed for sorcery 400 years earlier. The head awakens and telepathically takes over the mentally vulnerable handyman. After murdering the foreman, the head has the handyman conceal it while arranging to have a coffin retrieved containing Gideon's body. The young woman is aware of the head's influence by an ancient cross she wears around her neck.
Complete Record: THE THING THAT COULDN’T DIE. Universal Pictures Co. Released by Universal International. 69 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 26May58; LP12456.
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