The Deadly Mantis

Director: Nathan Juran Nathan Juran

Overview

This is the one in which the "villain" is a huge, carnivorous praying mantis. After the titular insect has attacked several people in a remote Arctic region, Col. Joe Parkham (Craig Stevens) swings into action. Parkham and his associates, Dr. Ned Jackson (William Hopper) and Ned's assistant Margie Blake (Alix Talton), track the predatory mantis as it heads southward to Washington DC (how did it get past customs?) The green monstrosity meets its Waterloo in "Manhattan Tunnel," where it is bombarded with poison gas (a little Raid or Black Flag might have come in handy). Some of the Arctic scenes in The Deadly Mantis were clumsily culled from the 1933 drama SOS Iceberg and a handful of Air Force training films.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/17/2015
UPC:	0025192262845
Original Release:	1957
Source:	UNIVERSAL
Language:	English
Time:	1:19:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Craig Stevens	Col. Joe Parkman
William Hopper	Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson
Alix Talton	Marge Blaine
Pat Conway	Sgt. Pete Allen
Donald Randolph	Gen. Mark Ford,Gen. Mark Ford
Florenz Ames	Prof. Anton Gunther
Paul Smith	Corporal
Phil Harvey	Lou
Jack Mather	Officer
George Lynn	Bus Driver
Ed McNally	Policeman
Harold Lee	Eskimo Chief
Floyd Simmons	Army Sergeant
Helen Jay	Mrs. Farley
Frank Baker	Professor
Chet Brandenburg	Bus Disaster Observer
George Bruggeman	Bus Disaster Observer
William Burnside	Bus Disaster Observer
John Close	Engineer
Bud Cokes	Military Officer
Tom Cound	Group Capt. Hawkins
James Dime	Boat Navigator
Michael Forest	Photographer
William A. Forester	Announcer
Tom Greenway	Second Reporter
Chuck Hamilton	Policeman
Jess Kirkpatrick	Father
Patrick Conway	Sgt. Pete Allen
William Anders	Sergeant
James Lanphier	Col. Hervey
David McMahon	Capt. Frank Carver
Skipper McNally	Policeman
Ernesto Morelli	Italian Fisherman
Dick Paxton	Plotter
Bing Russell	Trouper
Harry Tyler	Spectator
Sumner Williams	Pilot
Paul Campbell	Actor
Irving Gertz	Composer
William Lava	Composer
Henry Mancini	Composer
Joseph Gershenson	Composer

Technical Credits

Martin Berkeley

William Alland

Nathan Juran	Director
Martin Berkeley	Screenwriter
William Alland	Producer,Screenwriter
Fred Knoth	Special Effects
Leslie Carey	Sound/Sound Designer