The Savage Bees

Nov 22, 1976

1h 30m

★ 5.1

They're coming this way...not to make honey, but to kill.

Overview

In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Alan Landsburg Productions

Don Kirshner Productions

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Cast

Sheriff Donald McKew

Ben Johnson

Dr. Jeff DuRand

Michael Parks

Dr. Rufus Carter

Paul Hecht

Jeannie Devereaux

Gretchen Corbett

Dr. Jorge Mueller

Horst Buchholz

Police Lieutenant

Bruce French

Pellegrino

James Best

Coast Guard Lieutenant

David L. Gray

Coast Guard Chief

Richard Charles Boyle

Freighter Boatswain

Eliott Keener

Freighter Captain

Boardman O'Connor

Taxi Driver

Danny Barker

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