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The Crawling Eye

Original title: The Trollenberg Terror
  • 1958
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
5.6K
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Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Laurence Payne, and Forrest Tucker in The Crawling Eye (1958)
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A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.

  • Director
    • Quentin Lawrence
  • Writers
    • Jimmy Sangster
    • Peter Key
    • Giles Cooper
  • Stars
    • Forrest Tucker
    • Laurence Payne
    • Jennifer Jayne
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    5.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Quentin Lawrence
    • Writers
      • Jimmy Sangster
      • Peter Key
      • Giles Cooper
    • Stars
      • Forrest Tucker
      • Laurence Payne
      • Jennifer Jayne
    • 144User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

    • Videos1

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    Photos71

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    Top Cast26

    Forrest Tucker
    Forrest Tucker
    • Alan Brooks
    Laurence Payne
    Laurence Payne
    • Philip Truscott
    Jennifer Jayne
    Jennifer Jayne
    • Sarah Pilgrim
    Janet Munro
    Janet Munro
    • Anne Pilgrim
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Crevett
    Frederick Schiller
    • Klein
    Andrew Faulds
    Andrew Faulds
    • Brett
    Stuart Saunders
    • Dewhurst
    Colin Douglas
    • Hans
    Derek Sydney
    Derek Sydney
    • Wilde
    Richard Golding
    • First Villager
    George Herbert
    • Second Villager
    Anne Sharp
    Anne Sharp
    • German Woman
    Leslie Heritage
    • Carl
    Jeremy Longhurst
    • First Student Climber
    Anthony Parker
    • Second Student Climber
    Theodore Wilhelm
    • Fritz
    Garard Green
    • Pilot
    • Director
      • Quentin Lawrence
    • Writers
      • Jimmy Sangster
      • Peter Key
      • Giles Cooper
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews144

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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      John Carpenter has said that this film, with its creatures hidden in the clouds, was partly the inspiration for his film The Fog (1980).
    • Goofs
      As Forrest Tucker is talking on the wall phone, the watch on his left wrist appears and disappears throughout the scene.
    • Quotes
      • Sarah Pilgrim: *Was* there an accident, Mister Klein?
      • Mayor Klein: O-On a mountain, uh, dese things sometimes happen.
    • Crazy credits
      The film's opening credits flash onto the screen when the passenger train rolls into the darkness of a tunnel.
    • Connections
      Edited into FrightMare Theater: The Crawling Eye (2017)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 31, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Creature from Another World
    • Filming locations
      • Alliance Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK(studio: made at Alliance Film Studios Ltd)
    • Production company
      • Tempean Films
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 24m(84 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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