The Deadly Mantis is a 1957 science fiction film from Universal-International. It was directed by Nathan Juran, produced by William Alland, and the screenplay was written by Martin Berkeley. The cast included Craig Stevens, Alix Talton, William Hopper, and Donald Randolph. See also: 1956 in film 1957 1958 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens. ... Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction as a genre of film making has been an element of the cinema experience since the earliest days of the motion picture industry. ... William Hopper (January 26, 1915 — March 6, 1970) was an American actor. ...

It was filmed in black & white and runs for 79 minutes. The film was also known as The Giant Mantis and The Incredible Praying Mantis.

Deadly Mantis was another in a series of stock, 1950s monster movies, this time based on flesh-eating, giant, 200-foot-long, prehistoric praying mantis that could both fly and exhale fire. Other Lists of Movies List of years in film in the 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Decades in Film: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s List of movies See also Film, History of cinema Categories: 1950s ... Saint George versus the Dragon, by Gustave Moreau (1880) Monster (lat. ... A praying mantis, or praying mantid, is a kind of insect, of the family Mantidae (order Mantodea), named for their prayer-like stance. ...

The insectoid has been frozen in ice for a million years, but a sudden geologic shift in Alaska has released it. Now, after somehow surviving being frozen alive, the beast is revived and has begun slaying everything it finds. A US early warning radar station, built to detect incoming Russian missiles, has spotted something odd. The radar station is then destroyed after the occupants hear a loud buzzing sound. Colonel Parkman (Craig Stevens) flies to the site to investigate the subsequent lack of contact, only to find the occupants missing and mysterious skid marks in the ground. He also finds a long claw, which is sent to Washington, D. C. for investigation. State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... This long range radar antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. ... ...

Paleontologist Dr. Ned Jackson (William Hopper) examines the claw, and determines it came from an insect. He flies north to investigate, taking along his photographer friend Marge Blaine (Alix Talton). There they have an encounter with the bug, but survive (with Marge providing the requisite screams of abject horror.) A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ...

The insect then heads southeast to Washington D.C., where it lands on the Washington Monument of all places. After being chased off by fighters it heads up to New York. (Perhaps it sensed that Godzilla had been filming in the neighborhood?) The beast is then destroyed by the Army, after undergoing loud, painful death throes. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Washington Monument The Washington Monument is a large white-colored obelisk in the center of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built as a memorial to George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Godzilla in one of his 1990s movies, Godzilla (Gojira) (ゴジラ) is a giant, amphibious, dinosaur first seen in the Japanese-produced 1954 tokusatsu kaiju film Gojira produced by Toho Film Company Ltd. ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...

External links

• The Deadly Mantis at the Internet Movie Database