Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)

  • NR
  • 12/28/1977 (US)
  • Adventure, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie, Action
  • 1h 40m

Terror has 8 legs.

Overview

An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees

Guerdon Trueblood

Writer

John Groves

Writer

Stuart Hagmann

Director

Cast

Claude Akins's headshot

Claude Akins

Bert Springer
Charles Frank's headshot

Charles Frank

Joe Harmon
Deborah Winters's headshot

Deborah Winters

Cindy Beck
Bert Remsen's headshot

Bert Remsen

Mayor Douglas
Sandy McPeak's headshot

Sandy McPeak

Pat Hingle's headshot

Pat Hingle

Doc Hodgins
Tom Atkins's headshot

Tom Atkins

Buddy
Howard Hesseman's headshot

Howard Hesseman

Fred

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