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Tarantula
Summary: A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Release Date: February 20, 1956
Director:
Jack Arnold
Runtime: 1 h 20 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,100,000
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