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The Spider and the Fly
The Spider and the Fly
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The Spider and the Fly

1949
1h 34m
Crime
Thriller

Status

Released

Release

1949

Runtime

1h 34m

Storyline

"A New British Thriller of Crime, Detection and Suspense!"

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Dec 1, 1949
Languages
English
Director
Robert Hamer
Robert Hamer
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Mayflower Productions
Mayflower Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

27 Cast Members

Eric Portman

Eric Portman

Fernand Maubert

Guy Rolfe

Guy Rolfe

Philippe Lodocq

Nadia Gray

Nadia Gray

Madeleine Saincaize

George Cole

George Cole

Marc, detective

Harold Lang

Harold Lang

Belfort, the pickpocket

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Minister for War

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Colonel de la Roche

John Carol

Jean Louis / Alfred Louis

May Hallatt

May Hallatt

Monique

Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe

Town Clerk

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Prefect

Jeremy Spenser

Jeremy Spenser

Jacques

Madge Brindley

Jacques' Grandmother

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Barmaid (uncredited)

John Salew

John Salew

Minister's Secretary

James Hayter

James Hayter

Mayor

Keith Pyott

Father Pletsier

Natasha Sokolova

Nicole Porte

Philip Stainton

Café Manager

Hal Osmond

Hal Osmond

Swiss Taxi Driver

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