Tarantula.

Dr. Matt Hastings, a doctor in the nearby small town of Desert Rock, is called in by the sheriff to examine the body at the local mortuary. He finds himself perplexed: the deceased was someone he knew and had just seen recently. Dr. Hastings later drives to Dr. Gerald Deemer's combined home and research lab, located in an isolated mansion in the desert far from town. As Deemer finishes his observations of this creature, a second deformed man appears, attacks Deemer and begins destroying the lab. As flames and electrical sparking rage over the lab, the arachnid escapes outdoors, and

Credits

Directed by: Jack Arnold
Written by: Jack Arnold, Martin Berkeley
Cast: Mara Corday, Clint Eastwood, Robert J. Wilke, John Agar, Eddie Parker, Nestor Paiva, Leo G. Carroll, Ross Elliott, Raymond Bailey, Edgar Dearing, Steve Darrell, Hank Patterson
Produced by: William Alland
Cinematography: Clifford Stine
Music: Joseph E. Gershenson
Edited by: William Morgan

Copyright

Complete catalog record

TARANTULA. Universal Pictures Co. 80 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Dec55; LP5654.

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