Tarantula (1955) Facts
| Director(s) | Jack Arnold |
| Producer(s) | William Alland |
| Featured Cast | John Agar, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, Ross Elliott, Hank Patterson |
| Total Facts | 3 |
Look for a young Clint Eastwood as the (uncredited) leader of the jet squadron that attacks the tarantula in the film's climax.
Prof Deemer predicts that by the year 2000 the human population will be 3.6 billion in fact it was almost double that.
The tarantula was an actual live spider. Air jets were used to make it move in the desired way over a miniature landscape.