Jack Arnold

Creature from the Black Lagoon

(1954)
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05 Mar 1954
? G
79 min
Harry Essex, Arthur A. Ross, Maurice Zimm
2 wins & 2 nominations
A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discovers a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one in the expedition, with whom he has fallen in love.

Tarantula

(1955)
14 Dec 1955
? APPROVED
80 min
Robert M. Fresco (screenplay), Martin Berkeley (screenplay), Jack Arnold (story), Robert M. Fresco (story)
N/A
A spider escapes from an isolated desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.