The Thing That Couldn't Die

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The Thing That Couldn't Die

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

1958

1h 9m

5.1(31 votes)

Horror

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.

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13 members

Acting

William Reynolds

Gordon Hawthorne

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Carolyn Kearney

Jessica Burns

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Jeffrey Stone

Hank Huston

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Andra Martin

Linda Madison

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Peggy Converse

Flavia McIntyre

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Robin Hughes

Gideon Drew

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Charles Horvath

Mike

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James Anderson

Boyd Abercrombie

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Forrest Lewis

Julian Ash

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Thomas Browne Henry

Galleon Capt. Fletcher (uncredited)

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Phil Harvey

Trooper Kennedy (uncredited)

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Stuart Wade

Trooper Swanson (uncredited)

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George Alexander

Guard (uncredited)

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