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Tarantula
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Tarantula is a 1955 American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Arnold, who also wrote the screenplay. Produced by William Alland and distributed by Universal Pictures, the black-and-white movie features a cast including John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, and Clint Eastwood. The film was released in the United States and is presented in English.
The story involves a giant spider monster in a small town setting, resulting from an experiment. The runtime is 80 minutes. The film has received a review score of 6.5 out of 10 and 93 percent, with a vote average of 6.498 on TMDb and a rating of 6.4 on IMDb. It is available via video on demand and has been distributed by Netflix.
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Film · TMDB
6.5A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
Cast
- John Agar as Dr. Matt Hastings
- Mara Corday as Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton
- Leo G. Carroll as Prof. Gerald Deemer
- Nestor Paiva as Sheriff Jack Andrews
- Ross Elliott as Joe Burch
- Hank Patterson as Josh
Themes
- small town
- monster
- experiment
- giant monster
- giant spider
- deformation
- laboratory
- black and white
- scientist
- desert
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jack Arnold
- Cast member
- Edgar Dearing
- Producer
- William Alland
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Clifford Stine
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 811379
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Tarantula 1955.jpg
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- publication date
- 1955-01-01
- title
- Tarantula
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
- Commons category
- Tarantula (film)
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