The Thing That Couldn't Die

Jun 27, 1958

1h 9m

★ 5.1

The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Gordon Hawthorne

William Reynolds

Jessica Burns

Carolyn Kearney

Hank Huston

Jeffrey Stone

Linda Madison

Andra Martin

Flavia McIntyre

Peggy Converse

Gideon Drew

Robin Hughes

Mike

Charles Horvath

Boyd Abercrombie

James Anderson

Julian Ash

Forrest Lewis

Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

Trooper Kennedy (uncredited)

Phil Harvey

Trooper Swanson (uncredited)

Stuart Wade

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6.3

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6.7

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6.0

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6.0

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5.6

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