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Atomic testing frees a giant praying mantis from within its icy prison in the arctic.
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An earthquake frees a giant praying mantis from within its icy prison in the arctic. It attacks an Air Force weather outpost, a C-47 cargo plane, and an Eskimo village before assaulting the Air Force's D.E.W. Line base and flying south where it eventually battles soldiers inside of the Manhattan Tunnel.
  
== [[:Category:Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed EC-121K (WV-2) Warning Star]] ==
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== [[:Category: Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star|Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star]] ==
[[Image:deadlymantis1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed EC-121K (WV-2), the Warning Star for the Navy.]]
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Seen during a montage covering the construction of the Air Force's D.E.W. Line in the arctic.
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[[Image:deadlymantis1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed WV-2 (EC-121K Warning Star after 1962) of the U.S. Navy.]]
  
== [[:Category: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II| Douglas C-124C Globemaster II]] ==  
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== [[:Category: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II| Douglas C-124C Globemaster II]] ==
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Parkman arrives in this plane after the base is completed at the end of summer.
 
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== [[:Category: Cessna 190/195| Cessna LC-126A]] ==  
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== [[:Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] ==
[[Image:deadlymantis3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The Cessna LC-126A, the military version of the Cessna 195.]]
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A cargo plane which is attacked by the giant mantis midflight, killing both pilots and a crewman aboard.
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[[Image:deadlymantis_c47.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Cessna 190/195| Cessna LC-126R]] ==
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This plane flies Parkman to the destroyed weather shack and crashed C-47. <br>
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Registration 91953, c/n 49-1953. Same aircraft seen in other movies - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
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[[Image:deadlymantis3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The Cessna LC-126R, the military version of the Cessna 195.]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire | Lockheed F-94C Starfire ]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire | Lockheed F-94C Starfire ]] ==
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These jets are scrambled when the arctic base picks up a UFO on their radar (the giant mantis in flight). Later, some, including one flown by Parkman, engage the mantis directly over Washington, D.C.
 
[[Image:deadlymantis4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
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== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire | Lockheed F-94B Starfire ]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire | Lockheed F-94B Starfire ]] ==
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These jets are also sent from the arctic base to search for the mantis.
 
[[Image:deadlymantis5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:deadlymantis5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
== [[:Category:Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] ==
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== [[:Category: Grumman F9F Panther|Grumman F9F Panther]] ==
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These US Navy jets are dispatched from an aircraft carrier to pursue the mantis after its attack on the arctic base, but they lose it in a low fog bank.
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050294/ The Deadly Mantis at IMDb]<br>
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050294/ The Deadly Mantis at IMDb]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Mantis The Deadly Mantis at Wikipedia]<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Mantis The Deadly Mantis at Wikipedia]
 
*[http://imcdb.org/movie_50294-The-Deadly-Mantis.html The Deadly Mantis at IMCDb]
 
*[http://imcdb.org/movie_50294-The-Deadly-Mantis.html The Deadly Mantis at IMCDb]
  
[[Category:Lockheed Constellation]]
 
[[Category: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II]]
 
 
[[Category: Cessna 190/195]]
 
[[Category: Cessna 190/195]]
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[[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]]
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[[Category: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II]]
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[[Category: Grumman F9F Panther]]
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[[Category: Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star]]
 
[[Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire]]
 
[[Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire]]
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Latest revision as of 11:24, 20 April 2019

The Deadly Mantis theatrical movie poster.

Movie (1957)

Starring:
Craig Stevens (Col. Joe Parkman)
William Hopper (Dr. Nedrick Jackson)
Alix Talton (Marge Blaine)
Donald Ford (Gen. Mark Ford)
Pat Conway (Sgt. Pete Allen)
Florenz Ames (Prof. Anton Gunther)

An earthquake frees a giant praying mantis from within its icy prison in the arctic. It attacks an Air Force weather outpost, a C-47 cargo plane, and an Eskimo village before assaulting the Air Force's D.E.W. Line base and flying south where it eventually battles soldiers inside of the Manhattan Tunnel.

Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star

Seen during a montage covering the construction of the Air Force's D.E.W. Line in the arctic.

Lockheed WV-2 (EC-121K Warning Star after 1962) of the U.S. Navy.

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II

Parkman arrives in this plane after the base is completed at the end of summer.

Deadlymantis2.jpg

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

A cargo plane which is attacked by the giant mantis midflight, killing both pilots and a crewman aboard.

Deadlymantis c47.jpg

Cessna LC-126R

This plane flies Parkman to the destroyed weather shack and crashed C-47.
Registration 91953, c/n 49-1953. Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

The Cessna LC-126R, the military version of the Cessna 195.

Lockheed F-94C Starfire

These jets are scrambled when the arctic base picks up a UFO on their radar (the giant mantis in flight). Later, some, including one flown by Parkman, engage the mantis directly over Washington, D.C.

Deadlymantis4.jpg
Deadlymantis6.jpg

Lockheed F-94B Starfire

These jets are also sent from the arctic base to search for the mantis.

Deadlymantis5.jpg

Grumman F9F Panther

These US Navy jets are dispatched from an aircraft carrier to pursue the mantis after its attack on the arctic base, but they lose it in a low fog bank.

Deadlymantis7.jpg
Deadlymantis8.jpg

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