Bug (1975 film)

Infobox Film
name = Bug


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Jeannot Szwarc
producer = William Castle
writers = Thomas Page
William Castle
starring = Bradford Dillman
Joanna Miles
Alan Fudge
music = Charles Fox
cinematography = Michel Hugo
editing = Allan Jacobs
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = June 17, 1975
runtime = 99 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:7427
imdb_id = 0072750

"Bug" is a 1975 horror film starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page. It was based on Page's 1973 novel "The Hephaestus Plague" (ISBN 0-399-11184-0), and concerns a highly intelligent species of insect which can make fire by rubbing its cerci together.

Plot

An earthquake releases a large number of cockroaches that have the ability to set fire.

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

External links

*imdb title|0072750|Bug
*amg title|id=1:7427|title=Bug
*rotten-tomatoes|id=1003217|title=Bug
*mojo title|id=bug75|title=Bug