Directed by:
Nathan JuranScreenplay:
Martin BerkeleyCinematography:
Ellis W. CarterCast:
Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph, Pat Conway, Florenz Ames, Paul Smith, Marvin Miller, Floyd Simmons, Phil Harvey, Bing Russell (more)Plots(1)
A gigantic man-eating mantis that can walk, leap and fly is released from a million-year deep-frozen state. It kills everything in it's path while scientists work feverishly to stop it. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Craig Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436942_3d227f.jpg)
Craig Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
![William Hopper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000154_02f8f5.gif)
William Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Midnight (1939)
Alix Talton
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
![Donald Randolph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559273_779680.jpg)
Donald Randolph
South Africa
Best movies:
Gunsmoke (1953)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Phffft! (1954)
![Pat Conway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776579_363e1a.jpg)
Pat Conway
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Westward the Women (1951)
Scaramouche (1952)
Florenz Ames
USA
Best movies:
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
![Paul Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/788/162788980_44cd74.jpg)
Paul Smith
USA
Best movies:
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Loving You (1957)
The Great Race (1965)
![Marvin Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160049_d14b81.jpg)
Marvin Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) - narrator
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Floyd Simmons
USA
Best movies:
Party Girl (1958)
Written on the Wind (1956)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Phil Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Written on the Wind (1956)
![Bing Russell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000132_f67b62.jpg)
Bing Russell
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
![Chuck Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/354/159354314_9d0f46.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Marvin Bryan
USA
Best movies:
Marty (1955)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
The Brothers Rico (1957)
![David McMahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/595/159595073_a6cbba.jpg)
David McMahon
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Tom Greenway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894032_5c2f30.gif)
Tom Greenway
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Westward the Women (1951)
High Noon (1952)
![Harry Tyler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/906/159906984_bada71.jpg)
Harry Tyler
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
![Michael Forest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/386/160386998_14a3bd.gif)
Michael Forest
USA
Best movies:
Cast Away (2000)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003)
![Jimmy Dime](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/420/160420370_968fb1.jpg)
Jimmy Dime
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
George Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Notorious (1946)