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The Blob (1958) -- An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.

Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   5,958 votes
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Writers:
Theodore Simonson (screenplay) and
Kay Linaker (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 September 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Beware of the Blob! It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor. more
Plot:
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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(22 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve McQueen ... Steve Andrews (as Steven McQueen)
Aneta Corsaut ... Jane Martin
Earl Rowe ... Lt. Dave
Olin Howland ... Old Man (as Olin Howlin)
Alden 'Stephen' Chase ... Dr. T. Hallen (as Steven Chase)
John Benson ... Sgt. Jim Bert
George Karas ... Officer Ritchie
Lee Payton ... Kate the Nurse
Elbert Smith ... Henry Martin
Hugh Graham ... Mr. Andrews
Vincent Barbi ... George - Cafe Owner (as Vince Barbi)
Audrey Metcalf ... Elizabeth Martin
Jasper Deeter ... Civil Defense Volunteer
Tom Ogden
Elinor Hammer ... Mrs. Porter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Glob (USA) (working title)
The Glob That Girdled the Globe (USA) (working title)
The Meteorite Monster (USA) (working title)
The Molten Meteorite (USA) (working title)
The Night of the Creeping Dead (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
86 min | USA:82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | UK:12 (re-rating) | Italy:T | Australia:M (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Canada:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15

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Trivia:
In some of the promo material, the character played by Aneta Corsaut is referred to as "Judy". Her character in the film is named "Jane". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the theater audience flees the blob, many of the extras can be seen laughing and smiling. more
Quotes:
Steve Andrews: Dave! Doc Hallen's been killed!
Lieutenant Dave: Doc Hallen? What happened?
Steve Andrews: It's over at his place, you've gotta come now!
Lieutenant Dave: Now wait a minute Steve, tell us what happened.
Steve Andrews: I'm trying to tell you, now this thing has killed the Doc.
Sgt. Jim Bert: Well what was it? Out with it, kid!
Steve Andrews: Well it's kind of a... kind of a mass, it keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Lieutenant Dave: Come on, Steve, make sense.
Steve Andrews: I know, I know, look Dave, you gotta see this thing to believe what I'm telling you.
Sgt. Jim Bert: Maybe this thing you saw was a... monster?
[...]
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Temporary Appoplexy from the Blob, 13 January 2007
Author: kirkwood-6 from United States

I was sitting in the Towne Theatre in Fargo ND in '58 with 8 or 9 fellow 6th graders & my knuckles were getting tighter and whiter by the minute...at the exact moment the Blob started oozing into the diner window I suddenly remembered I had a dentist appointment which I made sure each of my pals knew as I clambered down the row toward the aisle...I'll never know how many others remembered theirs after I left but this movie was a B corker (I saw it later ..ie when I had by then grown a beard)..Creature With the Atom Brain 1955 also cleared me out of the theater immediately when the young soldier 1st encountered the zombie in the 1st scene in the sewer when you were shown the silhouette of the zombie cracking the unfortunates back like a chicken bone...I managed to sit still for the river of flesh eating ants in Green Mansions in 1959...all seems tame now compared to I-44 in St. Louis now..happy 2007 everyone

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