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Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
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Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider. Director:Bert I. Gordon |
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Ed Kemmer | ... |
Professor Art Kingman
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June Kenney | ... | |
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Eugene Persson | ... |
Mike Simpson
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Gene Roth | ... | |
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Hal Torey | ... | |
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June Jocelyn | ... | |
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Mickey Finn | ... | |
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Sally Fraser | ... | |
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Troy Patterson | ... | |
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Skip Young | ... |
Sam the Bass Player
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Howard Wright | ... | |
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Bill Giorgio | ... |
Deputy Sheriff Pete Sanders
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Hank Patterson | ... |
Hugo the Janitor
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Jack Kosslyn | ... | |
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Bob Garnet | ... |
Pest Control Man
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Storyline
When a man doesn't come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man's wrecked car. Coming back with the Sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and the body then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of rock music by a teenage garage band revives the arachnid and sends it rampaging through the town. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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Country:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Earth vs. the Giant Spider See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Mr. Kingman: It was a spider drained all the liquid out of his body.
Sheriff Cagle: [Officiously] Just put down "cause unknown" and let the coroner worry about the rest. That's the trouble with you eggheads - you jump to conclusions! I know what I see and I see a dead man, but, uh, I don't see any spider.
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This was filmed as "The Spider". Prior to completion, the title was changed to "Earth vs. The Spider" and that was used for the main title on the film itself. When The Fly became a blockbuster for 20th Century Fox, American International decided to ride on their success by changing the title back to simply "The Spider" on all advertising material. The main title on the film itself was never changed. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The spider expert repeatedly refers to them as insects. See more »Quotes
Sheriff Cagle: [to a deputy after finding a desiccated body in a cave] Uh, you get back to town and make up a coroner's report. Just put down Jack Flynn as the name and the cause of death... uh...Mr. Kingman: It was a spider drained all the liquid out of his body.
Sheriff Cagle: [Officiously] Just put down "cause unknown" and let the coroner worry about the rest. That's the trouble with you eggheads - you jump to conclusions! I know what I see and I see a dead man, but, uh, I don't see any spider.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992) See more »
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