The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
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✎ Suggest a correctionAn 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.
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
Copyright
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 26May58; LP12456.
Complete catalog 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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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
- Wikidata · Q2540443 ↗
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