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The Spider and the Fly

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

1949-12-01
6.8
en 94m
CrimeThriller
"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

Screenstory

Robert Westerby

Director

Robert Hamer

Screenplay

Robert Westerby

Editor

Seth Holt

Sound Mixer

Sydney Wiles

Producer

Aubrey Baring

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • J. Arthur Rank Organisation
  • Mayflower Productions