The Blob
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| Directed by | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. |
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| Story by | Irving H. Millgate |
| Produced by | Jack H. Harris |
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| Cinematography | Thomas E. Spalding |
| Edited by | Alfred Hillmann |
| Music by | Ralph Carmichael |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $110,000 |
| Box office | $4 million |
The Blob is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. from a screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kate Phillips, based on an idea by Irving H. Millgate. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe and Olin Howland.
The film concerns a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth from outer space inside a meteorite, landing near the small communities of Phoenixville and Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It envelops living beings, growing larger, becoming redder in color and more aggressive, eventually becoming larger than a building.
The Blob was distributed by Paramount Pictures as a double feature with I Married a Monster from Outer Space.