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Director: |
Jack Arnold
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Starring: |
John Agar, Steve Darrell, Bert Holland, Hank Patterson, Raymond Bailey, Edwin Rand, Ross Elliott, Nestor Paiva, Leo G. Carroll, Mara Corday
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Genres: |
Horror, Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure, Thriller, US Classics
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Origin: |
USA
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Certificate: |
PG
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Aspect ratios: |
1.85 : 1
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Sound formats: |
Mono
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Running Time: |
80 min
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When a tarantula which has been injected with a special nutrient formula escapes from a scientist's laboratory, it grows into a 100-foot beast that menaces the Arizona countryside.
Professor Gerald Deemer (Leo G. Carroll) has been working on a special nutrient to help ease a predicted food shortage that is expected to come with the increase in human population.
His experiments have been moderately successful but there have been some failures as a result. One day while he is gone, two of his colleagues inject themselves with the nutrient with disastrous results and die a few days later. One however goes mad and injects Beemer with the formula. During a struggle, a giant tarantula injected with the formula escapes its cage and grows even larger and starts to attack cattle as well as human beings.
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