Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Nov 17, 1981

1h 40m

★ 4.8

Terror has 8 legs.

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

Genres

Adventure

Horror

Thriller

TV Movie

Action

Production Companies

Alan Landsburg Productions

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Trailers

Cast

Bert Springer

Claude Akins

Joe Harmon

Charles Frank

Cindy Beck

Deborah Winters

Mayor Douglas

Bert Remsen

Sandy McPeak

Doc Hodgins

Pat Hingle

Buddy

Tom Atkins

Fred

Howard Hesseman

Mr. Schneider

Bill Erwin

Matthew

Matthew Labyorteaux

Hector

Alex Colon

Gloria Beasley

Penelope Windust

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