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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 380

Mesa of Lost Women

195370 minUnited States

Horror Science fiction

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 69:06
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

Two exhausted survivors emerge from the desert with a story of a secret laboratory on an isolated mesa. A scientist there has crossed human and spider characteristics in an attempt to create a new form of life. Their account retraces the encounters that brought a group of travellers within reach of his experiments.

Cast

Jackie Coogan

Richard Travis

Allan Nixon

Lyle Talbot

DirectorsHerbert Tevos Ron Ormond

Behind the scenes

Herbert Tevos's original production was completed under the title Tarantula but failed to obtain distribution. Ron Ormond later added material for the released version, leaving the film with two directors and a conspicuous mixture of narrative approaches.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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Jackie Coogan — CBS-TV · Public domain
Lyle Talbot — Photo by Talbot, New York · Public domain

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