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The Deadly Mantis
The Deadly Mantis
Credits
Title: The Deadly Mantis
Director: Nathan Juran
Writers: Martin Berkely; William Alland
Producers: William Alland
Composer: Irving Gertz; William Lava
Cinematography: Ellis W. Carter
Editors: Chester Schaeffer
Production
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Released: May, 1957
Rating: Approved
Running time: 79 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: Unknown
Gross: Unknown
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Cast[]

Actor Role
Craig Stevens Colonel Joe Parkman
William Hopper Doctor Nedrick "Ned" Jackson
Alix Talton Marge Blaine
Donald Randolph General Mark Ford
Pat Conway Sergeant Pete Allen
Florenz Ames Professor Anton Gunther
Paul Smith Corporal, Parkman's clerk
Phil Harvey Lou, radar man
Floyd Simmons Army Sergeant
Paul Campbell Lieutenant Fred Pizar
Helen Jay Mrs. Farley
Keith Aldrich Jerry - C47 co-pilot
William Anders Sergeant - Archer control
Marvin Bryan Machine gunner
John Close Engineer
Tom Cound Group Captain Hawkins
William A. Forester Announcer
Paul Frees Opening narrator
Tom Greenway Second reporter
James R. Haskin Civilian announcer
Jess Kirkpatrick Father
James Lanphier Colonel Harvey
Harold Lee Greenland Eskimo chief
Ned Le Fevre Announcer
George Lynn Bus driver
Jack Mather Officer
David McMahon Captain Frank Carver
Edward McNally Policeman
Marvin Miller Narrator
Madelon Mitchell Mother
Ernesto Morelli Italian fisherman
Sigurd Nilssen Professor Harvey Pierce
Dick Paxton Plotter
Bing Russell State trooper
Harry Tyler Manhattan tunnel spectator
Sumner Williams C47 pilot
Michael Forest Photographer

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The tagline to this film is "A thousand tons of horror! From a million years ago...".
  • The Deadly Mantis was re-released theatrically in 1964.
  • In February of 1997, The Deadly Mantis was featured as an episode of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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