The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1958's "The Crawling Eye" in the Pacific Northwest. "The Cosmic Monsters" (1958) was the second feature in Seattle. In Portland "The Crawling Eye" played second fiddle to rock and roll movie "Go, Johnny, Go!"
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The Crawling Eye (AKA "The Trollenberg Terror," 1958)
A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
Director: Quentin Lawrence
Writers: Jimmy Sangster (screenplay), Peter Key (story), Giles Cooper(story)
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne
The Cosmic Monsters (AKA "The Strange World of Planet X," 1958)
A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.
Director: Gilbert Gunn
Writers: Paul Ryder (screenplay)
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson
May 6, 1959 ad (Seattle)
May 7, 1959 ad (Seattle)
May 8, 1959 ad (Seattle)
May 9, 1959 photo (Seattle)
May 11, 1959 ad (Seattle)
June 19, 1959 ad (Portland)
The Crawling Eye (1958) trailer
The Cosmic Monsters (1958) trailer
