(Tarantula [de])
USA 1955
d: Jack Arnold
NDR3 TV (Region 0 de)
sc: Robert M. Fresco, Martin Berkeley (based on a story by Jack Arnold, Fresco)
c: George Robinson (b/w)
e: William Morgan
pd: Alexander Golitzen, Alfred Sweeney
m: Henry Mancini, Herman Stein (uncredited)
p: William Alland (Universal International Pictures)
w: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott, Edwin Rand, Raymond Bailey, Hank Patterson, Bert Holland, Steve Darrell
pr: 14 Dez 1955
rt: 76:49 (+4%PAL= 80) min
dvd-rl: 20 Jul 2005
ar: 1.33:1 (4:3 Academy Ratio)
sd: German MPEG-2 2.0 Mono
st: --
supp: --
An uneven but largely effective merging of mad scientist and mutant monster movie from one of the best sci-fi directors of the '50s. Though it's far more routine than, say, "Creature from the Black Lagoon", not to mention "The Incredible Shrinking Man", there is a pulp poetry to the desert scenes through which the giant arachnid, created by Carroll's careless experiments, stalks murdering all and sundry. The cast is as wooden as ever, though sharp eyes might catch a glimpse of a young Clint Eastwood in a minute role as a fighter pilot during the climactic napalming of the creature.
— GA, Time Out Film Guide
