The Insect Play [490386] Released: 1939-05-29 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 90 mins Popularity: 0.0905 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society. Cast [12] Wilfrid GranthamThe Lepidopteris Edmund WillardThe Tranp Pamela StandishThe Chrysalis Frank BirchMr. Beetle / Com Maire O'NeillMrs. Beetle / Ph Charles PetersRobber Beetle/Jo Rupert Bruce LockhartThe Ichneumon Fl Sheila KayThe Larva Leslie FrenchMr. Cricket / Se Wendy ToyeMrs. Cricket Wilfred FranksThe Blind Ant Ti Geoffrey WincottThe Parasite Trailers