Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Terror has 8 legs.
1977 | 100m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Stuart Hagmann |
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| Writer: | John Groves, Guerdon Trueblood |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Dec 28, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Stuart Hagmann |
| Writer: | John Groves, Guerdon Trueblood |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie |
| Keywords | spider, airplane crash, nature run amok, tarantula, spider bite |
| Production Companies | Alan Landsburg Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Claude Akins | Bert Springer |
| Charles Frank | Joe Harmon |
| Deborah Winters | Cindy Beck |
| Bert Remsen | Mayor Douglas |
| Sandy McPeak | |
| Pat Hingle | Doc Hodgins |
| Tom Atkins | Buddy |
| Howard Hesseman | Fred |
| Bill Erwin | Mr. Schneider |
| Matthew Labyorteaux | Matthew |
| Alex Colon | Hector |
| Penelope Windust | Gloria Beasley |
| Anita Keith | Mary |
| Iris Korn | Dorothy |
| Nancy Burnett | Teacher |
| Noelle North | Honey Lamb |
| Jerome Guardino | H.L. Williams |
| Bill Striglos | Ralph |
| Steve Bonino | Spud |
| John Medici | Driver |
| Laird Williamson | Smitty |
| Pepe Serna | Migrant Worker (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stuart Hagmann | Director |
| John Groves | Writer |
| Guerdon Trueblood | Writer |
| Robert L. Morrison | Director of Photography |
| Corky Ehlers | Editor |
| Linda Otto | Casting |
| Raymond Beal | Art Direction |
| Bill Webb | Set Decoration |
| Tom Bronson | Costume Design |
| Michael Germain | Makeup Artist |
| Charlene Johnson | Hairstylist |
| Penny Adams | Production Manager |
| Paul Magwood | Second Assistant Director |
| F.A. Miller | First Assistant Director |
| Roy L. Downey | Special Effects |
| Fred Carson | Stunt Coordinator |
| John C. Flinn III | Camera Operator |
| Mundell Lowe | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alan Landsburg | Producer |
| Paul Freeman | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 880 | 902 |