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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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It is catalogued under topics including 1950s monster movies, 1955 American films and 1955 English-language films.
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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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Article · Deutsch
Tarantula ist ein US-amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Horror-Thriller in Schwarz-Weiß aus dem Jahr 1955, in dem John Agar, Mara Corday und Leo G. Carroll unter der Regie von Jack Arnold die Hauptrollen spielen. Eine riesige Tarantel kann ihrem Terrarium unbemerkt entkommen und wird zur tödlichen Gefahr für Mensch und Tier. Obwohl es sich bei Tarantula um ein typisches B-Movie handelt, avancierte der Film im Lauf der Jahrzehnte zum Kultklassiker. Das Drehbuch basiert auf einer Geschichte von Jack Arnold und Robert M. Fresco. Fresco fühlte sich durch sein eigenes Fernsehspiel No Food for Thought, das er im Mai 1955 für das Science Fiction Theatre verfasst hatte, zum Drehbuch für diesen Film inspiriert.
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