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Tarantula

Name: Tarantula
Director: Jack Arnold
Released: 1955-01-01

1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold

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Released: 1955
Director: Jack Arnold
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Screenwriter: Jack Arnold
, Martin Berkeley
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Producer: William Alland
Cast: John Agar
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/tarantola/9915/Retrieved 2016-05-07
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, Mara Corday
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/tarantola/9915/Retrieved 2016-05-07
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, Leo G. Carroll
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/tarantola/9915/Retrieved 2016-05-07
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, Clint Eastwood
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Runtime: 80 min
Genre: science fiction film
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1.nytimes.com/reviews/moviesRetrieved 2016-05-07
2.imdb.com/title/tt0048696/Retrieved 2016-05-07
3.filmaffinity.com/en/film811379.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-07
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, monster film
, science fiction horror film
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Country of origin: United States

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Tarantula is a 1955 American science-fiction monster film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. It stars John Agar, Mara Corday, and Leo G. Carroll. The film is about a scientist developing a miracle nutrient to feed a rapidly growing human population. In its unperfected state, the nutrient causes extraordinarily rapid growth, creating a deadly problem when a tarantula test subject escapes and continues to grow larger and larger. The screenplay by Robert M. Fresco and Martin Berkeley was based on a story by Arnold, which was in turn inspired by Fresco's teleplay for the 1955 Science Fiction Theatre episode "No Food for Thought", also directed by Arnold. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures as a Universal-International release, and reissued in 1962 through Sherman S. Krellberg's Ultra Pictures.

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Director of photography: Clifford Stine
Main subject: spider
Film editor: William Morgan
Title: Tarantula
Color: black-and-white
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 93%(November 8, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 15 critic review
6.5/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Kijkwijzer rating: 6 content descriptor: Violence, Fear
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