Directed by:
Stuart HagmannScreenplay:
Guerdon TruebloodCinematography:
Robert L. MorrisonComposer:
Mundell LoweCast:
Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters, Bert Remsen, Sandy McPeak, Pat Hingle, Tom Atkins, Howard Hesseman, Charles Siebert, Laird Williamson, Pepe Serna (more)Plots(1)
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Claude Akins
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
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Charles Frank
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
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Deborah Winters
USA
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The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Kotch (1971)
Bert Remsen
USA
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Maverick (1994)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Sandy McPeak
USA
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Patton (1970)
Midway (1976)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Pat Hingle
USA
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The Land Before Time (1988)
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Tom Atkins
USA
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Howard Hesseman
USA
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Silent Movie (1976)
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Charles Siebert
USA
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...And Justice for All (1979)
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Laird Williamson
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) (TV movie)
Pepe Serna
USA
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Bill Erwin
USA
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The Land Before Time (1988)
Nancy Burnett
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John Medici
USA
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Penelope Windust
USA
Ruben Moreno
USA
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The Chase (1966)
Alex Colon
Puerto Rico
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Matthew Labyorteaux
USA
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Jorge Cervera Jr.
Best movies:
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Jerome Guardino
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) (TV movie)
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