The Living Idol

{{Short description|1957 film by Albert Lewin}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Living Idol | image = The Living Idol (1957).jpg | caption = | director = Albert Lewin | producer = {{ubl|Albert Lewin|Gregorio Walerstein}} | writer = Albert Lewin | starring = {{ubl|Steve Forrest|Liliane Montevecchi|James Robertson Justice|Sara Garcia|Eduardo Noriega}} | music = Rodolfo Halffter | cinematography = Jack Hildyard | editing = {{ubl|Rafael Ceballos|Fernando Martínez}} | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1957|05|2|New York City}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = $360,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref> | gross = $350,000<ref name="Mannix"/> }} '''''The Living Idol''''' is a 1957 film American horror film written, produced and directed by Albert Lewin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af0cd77|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002142145/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af0cd77|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2017|title=The Living Idol (1957)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-living-idol-v99935|title=The Living Idol (1957) - Albert Lewin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

==Plot== An archaeologist believes that a Mexican woman is a reincarnation of an Aztec princess.

==Reception== According to MGM records the film earned $125,000 in the US and Canada and $225,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $339,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>

==See also== * List of American films of 1957

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0050649}} *{{TCMDb title|81638}}

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