Saturday, October 17, 2015

October 17 - The Incredible Shrinking Man

Today’s motion picture is a science fiction film with a scene that happens on October 17. Watch and enjoy this movie tonight.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN     

After exposure to a strange glowing cloud, Scott Carey begins to shrink. After his story makes him a curiosity in the press he starts recording his experiences so he can sell his story. Then on October 17, 195__ [17:52 – 19:00] an antitoxin is found that appears to stop his shrinkage when he is at one-half his previous height. He meets and befriends a carnival midget, but he continues to shrink. He’s attacked by his cat and has to retreat to his basement, but his wife now thinks he is dead. He eventually has to battle a spider to survive and eventually becomes so small he leaves the basement through the holes in a screen window.            

The date is given in the film at 17:54

Producer - Albert Zugsmith

Director - Jack Arnold

Screenwriter - Richard Matheson

Runtime – 1 hour 21 minutes

Released – A pril, 1957

Starring –

Grant Williams as Scott Carey
Randy Stuart as Louise Carey
April Kent as Clarice
Paul Langton as Charlie Carey
Raymond Bailey as Doctor Thomas Silver
William Schallert as Doctor Arthur Bramson
Frank J. Scannell as Barker
Helene Marshall as Nurse
Diana Darrin as Nurse
Billy Curtis as Midget

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015


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