Bug (1975 film)
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Directed by | Jeannot Szwarc |
Produced by | William Castle |
Written by | William Castle |
Based on |
The Hephaestus Plague 1973 novel by Thomas Page |
Starring |
Bradford Dillman Joanna Miles Alan Fudge |
Music by | Charles Fox |
Cinematography | Michel Hugo |
Edited by | Allan Jacobs |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | June 17, 1975 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,602,023 |
Bug is a 1975 American horror film in Panavision, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page, from Page's 1973 novel The Hephaestus Plague. It was the last film Castle was involved in before his death.[1] The film starred Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland.
Plot
An earthquake releases a bunch of mutant cockroaches that can create fire by rubbing their cerci together. Eventually most of the bugs die because they cannot survive in the low air pressure on the Earth's surface, but a scientist Prof. James Parmiter (Dillman) keeps one alive in a pressure chamber. He successfully breeds the cockroach with a modern bug creating a breed of intelligent, flying super-bugs.
Cast
- Bradford Dillman as Prof. James Parmiter
- Joanna Miles as Carrie Parmiter
- Richard Gilliland as Gerald Metbaum
- Jamie Smith-Jackson as Norma Tacker
- Alan Fudge as Prof. Mark Ross
- Jesse Vint as Tom Tacker
- Patty McCormack as Sylvia Ross
- Brendan Dillon as Charlie
- Frederic Downs as Henry Tacker
- James Greene as Reverend Kern
- Jim Poyner as Kenny Tacker
See also
References
External links
- Bug at the Internet Movie Database
- Bug at AllMovie
- Bug at the TCM Movie Database
- Bug at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Bug at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bug at Box Office Mojo
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