The Savage Bees
Appearance
The Savage Bees | |
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Written by | Guerdon Trueblood |
Directed by | Bruce Geller[1] |
Starring | Ben Johnson Michael Parks Paul Hecht Gretchen Corbett Horst Buchholz Bruce French James Best Carol Sutton Bill Holliday[2] |
Music by | Walter Murphy |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Producer | Bruce Geller |
Cinematography | Richard Glouner |
Editors | Bud Friedgen George Hively |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Production companies | Alan Landsburg Productions Don Kirshner Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | November 22, 1976 |
The Savage Bees is a 1976 American television horror film directed by Bruce Geller. The plot follows a swarm of killer bees brought to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and a scientist's attempt to stop them. Though only screened on television in North America, the film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom. It won an Emmy Award for Best Sound Mixing.[3]
Cast
- Ben Johnson as Sheriff Donald McKew
- Michael Parks as Dr. Jeff DuRand
- Paul Hecht as Dr. Rufus Carter
- Gretchen Corbett as Jeannie Deveraux
- Horst Buchholz as Dr. Jorge Meuller
- Bruce French as Police Lieutenant
- James Best as Pellegrino
- Carol Sutton as Mrs. Compher[4]
- Bill Holliday as Deputy Stilt
- Don Hood as Deputy Churn
Sequel
A sequel, Terror Out of the Sky, was released in 1978.
References
- ^ "The Savage Bees 1976 film". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The Savage Bees". terrortrap.com. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "The Savage Bees". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Savage Bees 1976". radiotimes.com. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
External links
- The Savage Bees at IMDb
- The Savage Bees at the TCM Movie Database
- Rotten Tomatoes: The Savage Bees
- The Betamax Rundown: The Savage Bees
Categories:
- 1976 horror films
- 1976 films
- 1976 television films
- American natural horror films
- American thriller films
- English-language films
- Films about insects
- Films set in Louisiana
- Films shot in Louisiana
- American horror television films
- NBC network original films
- 1970s thriller films
- American films
- American horror television film stubs