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The Thing That Couldn't Die(1958)
Status: Released
Date: 1958-06-27
51%
32 Votes
Time: 1h 9m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: The Thing That Couldn't Die
Top 10 Billed Cast
William Reynolds
Gordon Hawthorne
Carolyn Kearney
Jessica Burns
Jeffrey Stone
Hank Huston
Andra Martin
Linda Madison
Peggy Converse
Flavia McIntyre
Robin Hughes
Gideon Drew
James Anderson
Boyd Abercrombie
Forrest Lewis
Julian Ash
Thomas Browne Henry
Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)
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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.
Release Date
1958-06-27
Average
5.125
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
The grave can't hold it ...nothing human can stop it!
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