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Tarantula

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Tarantula
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NR,1hr 21min
Genres:
Horror,Sci-Fi,Action
Released:
January 1, 1955
Director:
Jack Arnold
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Starring:
John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll  ...more
Synopsis: A man with a strangely misshapen face wanders out of the desert near a small town and falls to the ground dead. The county sheriff (Nestor Paiva) tentatively identifies the dead man as Eric Jacobs, a laboratory assistant to Professor Deemer (Leo G. Carroll), a research scientist living a few miles out in the desert. But there's something strange about Jacobs; his facial features and bodily extremities are distorted to a point where he's barely recognizable. The sheriff calls in Dr. Matt Hastings ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
Jack Arnold's Tarantula was clearly modeled after Gordon Douglas' Them, the first of the giant insect movies, which had scored a huge hit for Warner Bros. the previous year. The story, however, was also tailored to the elements that Arnold favored in his own work, utilizing the notion of the isolated desert community as well as the topography of the desert and its psychological implications to full ... Full Review
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John Agar
Dr. Matt Hastings
Mara Corday
Stephanie "Steve" Clayton
Leo G. Carroll
Prof. Gerald Deemer
Nestor Paiva
Sheriff Jack Andrews
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