Bug (1975 film)

Bug
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jeannot Szwarc
Written by	William Castle Thomas Page
Based on	The Hephaestus Plague (1973 novel) by Thomas Page
Produced by	William Castle
Starring	Bradford Dillman Joanna Miles Jamie Smith-Jackson
Cinematography	Michel Hugo
Edited by	Allan Jacobs
Music by	Charles Fox
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 17, 1975 (1975-06-17)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,602,023

Bug is a 1975 American horror film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page, from Page's novel The Hephaestus Plague (1973). Shot in Panavision, it was the last film Castle was involved in before his death in 1977.^[1] The film starred Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland.

The film initially depicts a new insect species, which faces extinction. A widowed scientist crossbreeds the species with cockroaches, creating a sentient hybrid species of insects.