The Thing That Couldn't Die
4.4
“The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!”
A 400 year old disembodied head hypnotizes a female psychic, who recovered it using a dowsing rod, to search for the rest of its body.
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Cast
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William Reynolds
Gordon Hawthorne
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
There's Always Tomorrow
Carolyn Kearney
Jessica Burns
Also in
Young and Wild
Hot Rod Girl
Jeffrey Stone
Hank Huston
Known for
Cinderella
Andra Martin
Linda Madison
Also in
Up Periscope
Yellowstone Kelly
Peggy Converse
Flavia McIntyre
Known for
The Accidental Tourist
Robin Hughes
Gideon Drew
Known for
Dial M for Murder
The Mole People
Charles Horvath
Mike
Known for
A Woman Under the Influence
Vera Cruz
James Anderson
Boyd Abercrombie
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Take the Money and Run
Forrest Lewis
Julian Ash
Known for
Man's Favorite Sport?
All That Heaven Allows
Thomas Browne Henry
Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)
Known for
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
20 Million Miles to Earth
Phil Harvey
Trooper Kennedy (uncredited)
Known for
Touch of Evil
The Deadly Mantis
Stuart Wade
Trooper Swanson (uncredited)
Also in
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Teenage Monster
Will Cowan Director · David Duncan Writer Russell Metty Cinematographer
United States release May 17, 1958 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Pictures
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 17, 1958
Theatrical · Riverside, California
United States
June 27, 1958 · Theatrical · New York City
Canada
May 31, 1958 · Theatrical · Windsor, Ontario
South Africa
January 12, 1959 · Theatrical
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