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The Deadly Mantis
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1957 film by Nathan H. Juran
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4.9A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.
Released: 1957-05-0179 minDir: Nathan JuranHorror, Science Fiction
Cast
- Craig Stevens as Col. Joe Parkman
- William Hopper as Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson
- Alix Talton as Marge Blaine
- Donald Randolph as Gen. Mark Ford
- Florenz Ames as Prof. Anton Gunther
- Paul Smith as Corporal
Themes
- new york city
- monster
- insect
- paleontology
- giant monster
- paleontologist
- arctic polar circle region
- giant insect
- prehistoric creature
- mantis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- insect
- Director
- Nathan Juran
- Composer
- Irving Gertz
- Producer
- William Alland
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 79
- FilmAffinity ID
- 752291
- Image
- Deadlymantis.JPG
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- publication date
- 1957-05-26
- title
- The Deadly Mantis
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Chester Schaeffer
- review score
- 33%
- capital cost
- 350000
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