Tarantula (1955)

Movie Details

Original Title Tarantula

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.7

Cast

John Agar

Dr. Matt Hastings

Popularity: 0.8

Mara Corday

Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton

Popularity: 1.8

Leo G. Carroll

Prof. Gerald Deemer

Popularity: 2.1

Nestor Paiva

Sheriff Jack Andrews

Popularity: 0.6

Ross Elliott

Joe Burch

Popularity: 1.3

Hank Patterson

Josh

Popularity: 0.8

Eddie Parker

Paul Lund / Eric Jacobs / Airport Workman

Popularity: 0.6

Bert Holland

Barney Russell

Popularity: 1.9

Raymond Bailey

Dr. Townsend

Popularity: 1.2

Steve Darrell

Andy Andersen

Popularity: 0.3

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Edwin Rand

Lt. John Nolan

Popularity: 2.0

Clint Eastwood

Jet Pilot

Popularity: 6.1

Key Crew

Producer William Alland

Director Jack Arnold

Screenplay Martin Berkeley, Robert M. Fresco

Editor William Morgan

Production

Universal Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Tarantula ≣ 1955 ≣ Trailer

Trailer

Joe Dante on TARANTULA

Featurette

Tarantula (1955) - Movie Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10

Sep 6, 2014

Can all mankind escape the terror of its dread embrace... Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient that will help offset a predicted food shortage, the serum he has created escalates growth in his lab animals at an alarmingly quick rate. Deemer quickly loses control of the e ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Jan 6, 2022

Boy, does this show its age!* But, you know what, I really enjoyed it. <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/eight-legged-freaks/">Eight Legged Freaks</a>'</em>, eat your heart out! I seem to have found a new go-to Spider Rampage Flick™. To be serious, <em>'Tarantula'</em> achieves what it ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Nov 14, 2022

Allowing for the fact that the special effects are getting on for 65 years old, this is a cracking little sci-fi/horror feature. John Agar is the scientist on the trail of an industrial-sized spider that is wreaking havoc on a local Arizona community. Leo G. Carroll (in increasingly "Elephant Man" s ... Read more