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Released
1955 · FILM

Tarantula

A desperate scientist's experimental nutrient spirals out of control when a tarantula test subject grows to monstrous size, threatening a small desert town.

More terrifying than any horror known to man comes a creeping crawling monster whose towering fury no one can escape!

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Runtime
80 min
HorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town.

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Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by William MorganShot by George Robinson

Also known as

  • ¡Tarántula!es
  • Tarantolait

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