"Like its inspiration, Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking
Man, Jack Arnold’s 1957 shocker expertly juggles sci-fi thrills, metaphysics,
and a shrewd metaphor for suburban angst in Cold War America. The film is
upheld by fine performances from Grant Williams as the humiliated husband who
takes up residence in a doll house, and Randy Stuart as his equally embattled
wife who has the patience of Job. The life-affirming finale walks a deft line
between spirituality and humanism. Producer Albert Zugsmith was simultaneously
working with Orson Welles on Touch of Evil and got him to provide 45 seconds of
sonorous promo narration for the ads."
Illeana Douglas did a great job. I wish all the TFH folks gave this much of an indepth look at the cast, crew and storylines!
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