The Savage Bees (TV 1976)In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter. Director:Bruce GellerWriter:Guerdon Trueblood |
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Won 1 Primetime Emmy.
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Sheriff Donald McKew
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Dr. Jeff DuRand
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Dr. Rufus Carter
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Gretchen Corbett | ... |
Jeannie Devereaux
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Dr. Jorge Meuller
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Police Lieutenant
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Pelligrino
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David L. Gray | ... |
Coast Guard Lieutenant
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Richard Charles Boyle | ... |
Coast Guard Chief
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Eliott Keener | ... |
Freighter Boatswain
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Boardman O'Connor | ... |
Freighter Captain
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Danny Barker | ... |
Taxicab Driver
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Don Hood | ... |
Deputy Churn
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Bill Holliday | ... |
Deputy Stilt
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Carol Sutton | ... |
Mrs. Compher
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In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
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22 November 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This is not just another cheapy television movie from the 1970s, but actually an intelligent, scary horror film worth seeing, something along the lines of "Kingdom of the Spiders" or "Phase IV" - 2 other very good underrated insect attack movies. There is some good location filming of New Orleans and the swamps of Southern Louisiana, and veteran Ben Johnson is solid in the lead role of the local sheriff. Movies like this need to know how to push the right buttons, and this one does, containing one scene with a scientist in a protective suit poking a giant beehive that really impressed me with how skillfully it was set up. This ain't Shakespeare, but it is the finest quality you will find for this genre.