Earth vs. the Spider
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| Directed by | Bert I. Gordon |
| Produced by | Bert I. Gordon |
| Written by |
László Görög George Worthing Yates |
| Starring |
Ed Kemmer June Kenney Eugene Persson Gene Roth Hal Torey Sally Fraser June Jocelyn |
| Music by | Albert Glasser |
| Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
| Edited by | Walter E. Keller |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Release date
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September 1958 |
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Running time
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73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100,000 |
Earth vs. the Spider (a.k.a. The Spider and Earth vs. the Giant Spider) is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also wrote the story upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog is based. The film stars Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, and Eugene Persson. The special effects were by Bert I. Gordon and Paul Blaisdell. Earth vs. the Spider was released by AIP on a double bill with either The Brain Eaters or The Screaming Skull.
Jack Flynn is driving down a highway at night, looking at a bracelet he has bought his daughter for her birthday, when he hits something and his vehicle crashes. The next morning, his teenage daughter Carol, is concerned that her ne'er do well father didn't come home last night. She convinces her boyfriend Mike to assist in a search for her father. They find his crashed truck and the bracelet, but not his body. Thinking he crawled into a nearby cave, they investigate. In the cave they fall onto the gigantic orb web of an enormous tarantula, which emerges from behind some rocks to get them. They manage to escape and make it back to town.
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