Other mistake: In the scene where everyone is running out of the theater most are cracking up. (01:11:00)
The Blob (1958)
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Directed by: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland
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Steve Andrews: How do you get people to protect themselves from something they don't believe in?
Question: The movie was made in 1958, why does the calendar in police station show July 1957?
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Answer: Because movies aren't always set in the year they're released. Absent any conflicting information, the assumption must be that the events of the movie take place around July 1957.