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"The Blob" opens in Los Angeles

When: 10 Sep 1958
Sources: 1 public source

A scene from the trailer for The Blob (1958) Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Blob, a low-budget film in which a jelly-like alien mass arrives inside a meteorite and terrorizes a small town, opened in Los Angeles ahead of its October 1958 general release by Paramount. Steve McQueen played the teenage lead.

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OtherThe Blob (1958) catalog entry (opens in a new tab)American Film Institute (AFI Catalog of Feature Films)

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