The Giant Mantis

IMDb link: 0050294
IMDb rating: 5.2 (4,545 votes)
Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, Family
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: William Hopper, Craig Stevens, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph and others

Release date: 26 May 1957
Release year: 1957
Runtime: 79 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: giant insect, low budget sci fi movie, praying mantis, washington monument washington d.c., antarctic, destroyed outpost, new york city, military, tunnel, scientist

Plot:

An attack on an arctic weather station and subsequently on a USAF transport plane have the Air Force puzzled. Their scientists can make little headway but Col. Joe Parkman enlists the aid of a paleontologist, Dr. Ned Jackson, who thinks he has the answer: the culprit is a giant praying mantis. The creature is traveling south at high speed and it's a race against time to capture or kill it. They get their chance when the creature is trapped in the Manhattan tunnel.

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