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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo poster
Directed by
Stuart Hagmann
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Swarms of poisonous tarantulas invade a small farming town. The residents try to fight off a spreading infestation of deadly spiders.

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What happens

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Stuart Hagmann and starring Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters, Matthew Laborteaux and Pat Hingle. The film was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and broadcast on CBS on December 28, 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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