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Beware! The Blob

Year:

1972

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

Director:

Larry Hagman

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1972-06-21

Filming Locations: Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Rockne Tarkington

Robert Walker Jr.

Bobby Hartford

Gwynne Gilford

Lisa Clark

Richard Stahl

Edward Fazio

Richard Webb

Sheriff Jones

Shelley Berman

Hair Stylist

Godfrey Cambridge

Chester Hargis

Larry Hagman

Young Hobo

Carol Lynley

Leslie

Marlene Clark

Mariane Hargis

Gerrit Graham

Joe, Ape-Suited Party Guest

J.J. Johnston

Deputy Kelly Davis

Danny Goldman

Bearded Teenager

Dick Van Patten

Scoutmaster Adleman

Tiger Joe Marsh

The Naked Turk

Tim Baar

Deputy Ted Sims

Fred Smoot

Mike - Pinsetter Repairman

Randy Stonehill

Randy - Singing Guitar Player

Del Close

Hobo Wearing Eyepatch

Cindy Williams

Randy's Girl

Preston Hagman

Preston, a Scout

John Houser

Hair Stylist's Customer

Larry Norman

Blonde Party Guest / Coffee Shop Customer

Robert N. Goodman

Henry - Security Guard

Patrick McAllister

Al - Repairman's Assistant

Bill Coontz

Bowling Alley Manager (as William B. Foster)

Byron Keith

Bowling Customer

Margie Adleman

Party Guest with Joe

William Foster

News Cameraman (uncredited)

Judy Graubart

Minor Role (uncredited)

Sid Haig

Zed (uncredited)

Jack H. Harris

Man Running Across Ice (uncredited)

Burgess Meredith

Old Hobo (uncredited)

Conrad Rothmann

Fireman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Contemporary Christian music pioneers Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman have bit roles in the film. Norman included a cross necklace as part of his wardrobe.

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Improvisation actor Del Close who appears as 'Hobo Wearing Eyepatch' would later play a much larger role as 'Reverend Meeker' in the 1988 remake of 'The Blob'.

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This film was reissued in 1982 with a new tagline: "The film that J.R. shot!", as Larry Hagman had gone on to major latter success as J.R. Ewing in the TV series Dallas (1978). (The tagline plays on the fact that J.R. was shot in a 1980 cliffhanger.)

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Goofs

During the scene with "the naked Turk" in the bathroom, the Blob has supposedly eaten his dog off screen. When the Turk throws the telephone through the window so he can escape, you can see the dog is gone BUT the Blob is still the same size as it was before it ate the dog.

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On the uniforms worn by Scoutmaster Dick Van Patten's boys, no two troop members are wearing the same unit number.

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When Lisa supposedly drives at top speed in a panic through the town in her truck, you can see cars traveling on an overpass behind her truck at twice the speed she is, indicating the filmmakers simply filmed her driving normally and then sped the film up.

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Quotes

Unidentified rabblerouser: Hippie, schmippie!

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Faq

On what day did the Blob escape from Chester's container and begin its rampage?

Bobby Hartford's birthday.

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