Film · Horror, Science Fiction
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
This Was the Day That Engulfed the World in Terror!
When a melting iceberg releases a prehistoric giant praying mantis, a palaeontologist works alongside the military to kill it after it attacks scientific outposts on its way to Washington and New York.
- Director
- Nathan Juran
- Writers
- William Alland, Martin Berkeley
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- May 1, 1957
Cast
Craig StevensCol. Joe Parkman
William HopperDr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson
Alix TaltonMarge Blaine
Donald RandolphGen. Mark Ford- Florenz AmesProf. Anton Gunther
Paul SmithCorporal
Paul CampbellLt. Fred Pizar
Pat ConwaySgt. Pete Allen
Phil HarveyLou- Helen JayMrs. Farley
Bing RussellState Trooper
David McMahonCapt. Frank Carver
Marvin MillerNarrator (voice)
Michael ForestPhotographer (uncredited)- Sumner WilliamsC-47 Pilot (uncredited)
