The Blob is a lot of things. Most of us would agree that it’s a cheap B-movie—it is, after all, a film about a giant alien blob destroying (consuming?) a small town in Pennsylvania—but it’s also in the Criterion Collection. (Kind of an odd choice for the esteemed preservationists of classic cinema, but I appreciate that it’s there.) And it has
I tend to agree that Steve McQueen was too old to play a 17 year old, but when you look at the other "kids" they look too old also even though the actress playing Jane was 25, and the actors who played Tony and Mooch were a more appropriate 20.
I tend to agree that Steve McQueen was too old to play a 17 year old, but when you look at the other "kids" they look too old also even though the actress playing Jane was 25, and the actors who played Tony and Mooch were a more appropriate 20.
I guess they weren't too concerned with suspension of disbelief since it's a movie about a giant killer blob!