There's only one thing wrong with the Davis baby...
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
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Unpretentious, spare, plot-driven and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- John P. RyanFrank Davis
- Sharon FarrellLenore Davis
- Andrew DugganThe Professor
- Guy StockwellBob Clayton
- James DixonLt. Perkins
- Michael AnsaraThe Captain
- Robert EmhardtThe Executive
- William Wellman Jr.Charley
- Shamus LockeThe Doctor
- Nancy BurnettNurse
Crew
- Larry CohenDirector
- Larry CohenWriter
- Fenton HamiltonDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Peter HonessEditor
- Larry CohenProducer
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