- Country: USA
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Release: 1977-12-28
- Director: Stuart Hagmann
- Writers: John Groves , Guerdon Trueblood
- Language: English
- Stars: Claude Akins , Charles Frank , Deborah Winters , Bert Remsen , Sandy McPeak , Pat Hingle , Tom Atkins , Howard Hesseman , John Harkins , Charles Siebert
- Runtime: 95 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total
- AKA: 毒蜘蛛タランチュラ 死霊の群れ (Japan) , Tarántulas, cargamento mortal (Mexico) , Tödliche Fracht , Tarentules: Le cargo de la mort (Canada) , Taranteln - Die tödliche Fracht (Germany) , Taranteln - Sie kommen um zu töten (Germany) , Тарантулы: Смертоносный груз , Tarántulas. Cargamento mortal (Spain) , Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo , Tarântulas (Brazil) , Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (United States of America) , Tarantole - Il volo della morte (Italy) , The deadly cargo - tarantulas (Sweden) , Tarantula: Le cargo de la mort (France, French Republic) , Dödlig last (Sweden) , Dødens last (Denmark) , Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (Canada) , Kuolettava lasti (Finland) , Carga mortal (Spain) , Tarantulas (United States of America) , Tarantulas (France, French Republic)
- Plot:
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town’s officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town’s only orange-processing factory. The town’s citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
- IMDB:tt0076798
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Cast · · · ALL
Stuart Hagmann
Director
Claude Akins
Bert Springer
Charles Frank
Joe Harmon
Deborah Winters
Cindy Beck
Bert Remsen
Mayor Douglas
Sandy McPeak
Pat Hingle
Doc Hodgins
Tom Atkins
Buddy
Howard Hesseman
Fred
Bill Erwin
Mr. Schneider
Matthew Labyorteaux
Matthew
Alex Colon
Hector
Penelope Windust
Gloria Beasley
Anita Keith
Mary
Iris Korn
Dorothy
Nancy Burnett
Teacher
Noelle North
Honey Lamb
Jerome Guardino
H.L. Williams
Steve Bonino
Spud
John Medici
Driver
Pepe Serna
Migrant Worker (uncredited)