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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Terror has 8 legs.

19814.81h 40m

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

Directed by Stuart Hagmann
Written by Guerdon Trueblood, John Groves
Produced by Alan Landsburg, Paul Freeman
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Top Cast

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Bert Springer

Charles Frank

Charles Frank

Joe Harmon

Deborah Winters

Deborah Winters

Cindy Beck

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

Mayor Douglas

Sandy McPeak

Sandy McPeak

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Doc Hodgins

Tom Atkins

Tom Atkins

Buddy

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Fred

Bill Erwin

Bill Erwin

Mr. Schneider

Matthew Labyorteaux

Matthew Labyorteaux

Matthew

Themes & Keywords

spiderairplane crashnature run amoktarantulaspider bite

About Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a adventure, horror, thriller, tv movie, action film released in 1981 exploring themes of spider, airplane crash, nature run amok, tarantula, spider bite. Directed by Stuart Hagmann, it stars Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters. 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

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