The monster that challenged the world / Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven present a United Artists release ; Gramercy Pictures ; screenplay by Pat Fielder from a story by David Duncan ; produced by Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner ; directed by Arnold Laven. It! : the terror from beyond space / Vogue Pictures ; produced by Robert E. Kent, Edward Small ; written by Jerome Bixby ; directed by Edward L. Cahn.
Container title. "Double feature." The monster that challenged the world: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Barbara Darrow, Casey Adams, Harlan Warde. It! : the terror from beyond space: Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton, Robert Bice. Originally produced as motion pictures: The monster that challenged the world in 1957, It! : the terror from beyond space in 1958. Includes original theatrical trailer for "It."
Contents:
(69 min.). It! : the terror from beyond space (84 min.) -- Side B. It! : the terror from beyond space (69 min.).
Summary:
The monster that challenged the world: An earthquake in California's Salton Sea releases giant prehistoric mollusks that menace mankind. It!: In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned. By the time a rescue mission arrives, only the leader of the expedition is left alive. He is accused of murdering his crew and is taken into custody. As the rescue ship returns to earth, the real killer, a life-devouring monster that has stowed aboard, begins attacking the crew. The remaining crew must find some way to stop it before the ship returns to a panic-striken Earth.
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