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Earth vs. the Spider (a.k.a. The Spider and Earth vs. the Giant Spider) is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also wrote the story upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog is based. The film stars Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, and Eugene Persson. The special effects were by Bert I. Gordon and Paul Blaisdell. Earth vs. the Spider was released by American International Pictures on a double bill with either The Brain Eaters or The Screaming Skull.
Original Release
09/01/1958
US Release
09/01/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ed Kemmer | Professor Art Kingman / Art Kingman |
June Kenney | Carol Flynn |
Eugene Persson | Mike Simpson |
Gene Roth | Sheriff Cagle |
Hal Torey | Mr. Simpson |
June Jocelyn | Mrs. Jack Flynn / Mrs. Flynn |
Mickey Finn | Sam Haskel |
Sally Fraser | Mrs. Helen Kingman / Helen Kingman |
Troy Patterson | Joe |
Skip Young | Sam the Bass Player / Sam |
Directors
Writers
Bert I. Gordon, László Görög, George Worthing Yates
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ed Kemmer | Professor Art Kingman / Art Kingman |
June Kenney | Carol Flynn |
Eugene Persson | Mike Simpson |
Gene Roth | Sheriff Cagle |
Hal Torey | Mr. Simpson |
June Jocelyn | Mrs. Jack Flynn / Mrs. Flynn |
Mickey Finn | Sam Haskel |
Sally Fraser | Mrs. Helen Kingman / Helen Kingman |
Troy Patterson | Joe |
Skip Young | Sam the Bass Player / Sam |
Fred Howard | Jake |
Bill Giorgio | Deputy Sheriff Pete Sanders / Pete Sanders |
Hank Patterson | Hugo the Janitor / Hugo |
Jack Kosslyn | Mr. Fraser |
Bob Garnet | Pest Control Man |
Shirley Falls | Switchboard Operator |
Robert Tetrick | Deputy Sheriff Dave / Deputy Dave |
Nancy Kilgas | Dancer |
George Stanley | Man in Cavern |
David Tomack | Power Line Foreman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
James H. Nicholson | Executive Producer |
Bert I. Gordon | Producer |
Henry Schrage | Producer |