The Blob

The Blob
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Irvin Yeaworth
Written by	Kay Linaker Theodore Simonson
Story by	Irving H. Millgate
Produced by	Jack H. Harris
Starring	Steven McQueen Aneta Corsaut Earl Rowe Olin Howland
Cinematography	Thomas E. Spalding
Edited by	Alfred Hillmann
Music by	Ralph Carmichael Burt Bacharach and Mack David (theme song only, uncredited)
Production companies	Fairview Productions Tonylyn Productions Valley Forge Films
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 12, 1958 (1958-09-12) (U.S.)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$110,000[1]
Box office	$4,000,000[1]

The Blob is a 1958 American independent^[2] science fiction horror film directed by Irvin Yeaworth and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe and Olin Howland. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures as a double feature with I Married a Monster from Outer Space.

The film concerns a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth from outer space inside a meteorite, landing near the small communities of Phoenixville and Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It envelops living beings, growing larger, becoming redder in color and more aggressive, eventually becoming larger than a building.