The Deadly Mantis

The Deadly Mantis is a 1957 film about a giant prehistoric praying mantis that is set free from Arctic ice.
 * ''Directed by Nathan Juran. Written by William Alland.

A Thousand Tons of Horror! From A Million Years Ago ... (taglines)

Dr. Ned Jackson

 * In all the kingdom of the living, there is no more deadly or voracious creature than the praying mantis.


 * I'm convinced that we're dealing with a Mantis in whose geological world the smallest insects were as large as man, and now failing to find those insects as food, well... it's doing the best that it can.


 * The female is larger than the male and invariably destroys her mate when he's fulfilled his function in life.

Col. Joe Parkman

 * Maybe there's an ordinary explanation to what happened, but I wouldn't take any bets.

Other

 * Narrator: [a volcano near Antarctic erupts, causing an ice flow in the Arctic, which releases the Deadly Mantis] For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Dialogue

 * Dr. Ned Jackson: It looks like you don't have too many women up here, Colonel.
 * Col. Joe Parkman: Well, we have a little joke up here. The boys say there's a girl behind every tree. Only try and find a tree.

Taglines

 * A Thousand Tons of Horror! From A Million Years Ago ...
 * The most dangerous monster that ever lived!
 * This Was the Day That Engulfed the World in Terror!
 * Out of a million years ago ... a thousand tons of horror!

Cast

 * Craig Stevens — Col. Joe Parkman
 * William Hopper — Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson
 * Alix Talton — Marge Blaine
 * Donald Randolph — Gen. Mark Ford
 * Pat Conway — Sgt. Pete Allen
 * Florenz Ames — Prof. Anton Gunther
 * Paul Smith — Corporal, Parkman's Clerk
 * Phil Harvey — Lou, Radar Man
 * Floyd Simmons — Army Sergeant
 * Paul Campbell — Lt. Fred Pizar
 * Helen Jay — Mrs. Farley