The Deadly Mantis

This Was the Day That Engulfed the World in Terror!

5/1/19571h 19min5.0/10(83 TMDB votes)

HorrorScience Fiction

Directed by Nathan Juran

Plot

When a melting iceberg releases a prehistoric giant praying mantis, a palaeontologist works alongside the military to kill it after it attacks scientific outposts on its way to Washington and New York.

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Cast

Craig Stevens

Col. Joe Parkman

William Hopper

Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson

Alix Talton

Marge Blaine

Donald Randolph

Gen. Mark Ford

Florenz Ames

Prof. Anton Gunther

Paul Smith

Corporal

Paul Campbell

Lt. Fred Pizar

Pat Conway

Sgt. Pete Allen

Phil Harvey

Lou

Helen Jay

Mrs. Farley

Bing Russell

State Trooper

David McMahon

Capt. Frank Carver

Marvin Miller

Narrator (voice)

Michael Forest

Photographer (uncredited)

Sumner Williams

C-47 Pilot (uncredited)